Population Growth and the Environment- Revisited

REFLECTIONS ON SUSTAINABILITY

POPULATION GROWTH,
AND THE ENVIRONMENT - REVISITED

by Professor Albert A. Bartlett
Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction & Overview

Part Two: Population, Environment & Pseudo Solutions

Part Three: Democracy, Economy & Trade

Part Four: Laws of Sustainability

Part Five: Where Do We Go From Here?

Acknowledgements & References

This is a revised version ( January 1998 ) of the paper that was first published in
Population & Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 1994, pp. 5-35
Editor: Dr. Virginia Abernethy, AA-2206 MCN, Department of Psychiatry,
Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, 37232
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At the request of the editors, this revised version was published in
Renewable Resources Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter 1997 - 98, Pgs. 6 - 23
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and
Focus, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1999, Pgs. 49 - 68
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POPULATION GROWTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT - REVISITED

POPULATION GROWTH,
AND THE ENVIRONMENT - REVISITED