People and their planet : searching for balance

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Contributors Foreword N.Sadik Overview: The Population-Environment Equation: Implications for Future Security B.S.Baudot Introduction Dimensions of the Population-Environment Equation B.S.Baudot PART I: FACTORS IN THE EQUATION Population and Environment Relationships in Developing Countries: Recent Approaches and Methods C.M.Marquette and R.E.Bilsborrow Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development: Global Issues J.N.Jordan Population, Affluence, or Technology? An Empirical Look at National Carbon W.R.Moomaw and D.M.Tullis Colonist Land-Allocation Decisions, Land Use, and Deforestation in the Ecuadorian A.Frontier and F.J.Pich opulation-Environment Dynamics in Lahat: A Case Study of Deforestation in a Regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia L.Heydir Water, Food, and Population S.L.Postel Population as a Scale Factor: Impacts on Environment and Development R.Engelman PART II: THE EQUATION OUT-OF-BALANCE Population Dynamics Revisited: Lessons for Foreign Aid and US Immigration Policy V.D.Abernethy Population and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's Megacities S.F.Krishna-Hensel Mexico City: Current Demographic and Environmental Trends H.Izazola and C.M.Marquette The Environmental Impacts of Refugee Settlement: A Case Study of an Agricultural Camp in Zambia V.Lassailly-Jacob The Struggle Over Transboundary Fresh Water Resources: Social and Economic Conflict in the Appropriation and Use of Water Along the US-Mexico Border R.A.S hez PART III: SEARCHING FOR EQUILIBRIUM Factors Leading to Population Growth in Bangladesh and their Impacts on the Environment N.Firdaus Two Threats to Global Security A.de Sherbinin Population, Land Use, and the Environment in a West African Savanna Ecosystem: An Approach to Sustainable Land Use on Community Lands in Northern Ghana G.T.Agyepong, E.A.Gyasi and J.S.Nabila, with S.K.Kufogbe 'Stay Together/Learn the Flowers/Go Light': Education in a Time of Environmental Crisis J.Elder Ecological Security: Micro-Threats to Human Wellbeing D.Pirages Index