A pivotal moment : population, justice, and the environmental challenge / / edited by Laurie Mazur.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Mazur, Laurie Ann.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvii, 413 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Foreword /; Introduction /; Human population grows up /; The largest generation comes of age /; People on the move : population, migration, and the environment /; The urban millennium /; Climate change and population growth /; Fair weather, lasting world /; Adapting to climate change : the role of reproductive health /; Population growth, ecosystem services, and human well-being /; Numbers matter : human population as a dynamic factor in environmental degradation /; Environmental justice in an urbanizing world /; The new economics of population change /; Food : will there be enough? /; Understanding the global food crisis : Malthusian nightmare or free-trade fiasco? /; How much is left? an overview of the water crisis /; The biggest footprint : population and consumption in the United States /; Population growth, reproductive health, and the future of Africa /; Cancun : paradise lost /; The flip side : how the environment impacts our reproductive health /; Cairo : the unfinished revolution /; The new population challenge /; Rethinking U.S. population policy /; Going to extremes : population politics and reproductive rights in Peru /; Mobilizing constituencies : achieving sexual reproductive health and rights for all /; Women at the center /; Taking stock : linking population, health, and the environment /; From crisis to sustainability /; Reproductive rights are human rights /; Over-breeding and the population bomb : the reemergence of nativism and population control in anti-immigration policies /; Christian perspectives on population issues /; Ecomorality : toward an ethic of sustainability /; Reconciling differences : population, reproductive rights, and the environment /; Afterword : work for justice? /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781597266611; 1597266612; 9781597266628 (pbk.); 1597266620 (pbk.); 9781610911412 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Laurie Mazur.