Beyond Malthus » ((Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series))

Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, is one of the world’s most widely published authors, with books in more than forty languages. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and Japan’s Blue Planet Prize. He lives in Washington, DC.

Gary Gardner is director of research at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC. His work focuses on a broad array of research and social change issues that affect the effort to build sustainable societies.

Brian Halweil is a researcher at the Worldwatch Institute.

On the bicentennial of Malthus's legendary essay on the tendency for population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, the question facing the world is not whether population growth will slow, but how.

Foreword

1. The Population Challenge

Part One -- Population Growth and ...

2. Grain Production

3. Fresh Water

4. Biodiversity

5. Energy

6. Oceanic Fish Catch

7. Jobs

8. Infectious Disease

9. Cropland

10. Forests

11. Housing

12. Climate Change

13. Materials

14. Urbanization

15. Protected Natural Areas

16. Education

17. Waste

18. Conflict

19. Meat Production

20. Income

Part Two -- Conclusion

21. The Emergence of Demographic Fatigue

Notes

Index