The Population Crisis and the Use of World Resources

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Population Pressure and War....Pages 1-5
The Impending Crisis....Pages 6-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Geography and the World’s Population....Pages 15-26
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?....Pages 27-46
World Population Growth: An International Dilemma....Pages 47-59
Address to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, New York, April 24, 1961....Pages 63-72
The Economics of Population Growth....Pages 73-93
Problems of Fertility Control in Under-developed Areas....Pages 94-108
Demographic Dimensions of World Politics....Pages 109-123
Asian Populations: The Critical Decades....Pages 127-143
Quotations from Indian Authorities....Pages 144-145
Extracts from an Inaugural Address to the Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood (Bombay: Family Planning Association of India) in 1952....Pages 146-150
The Population Crisis in India....Pages 151-154
The Family Planning Program in India....Pages 155-161
Address at the Conference on the World Population Crisis New York, May 11, 1961....Pages 162-168
Population Growth and its Effects on Economic and Social Goals in The United Arab Republic....Pages 169-175
Communist China and the Population Problem....Pages 176-187
Japan’s Population: Miracle, Model, or Case Study?....Pages 188-196
The Population Explosion in Latin America....Pages 197-218
Housing and Population Growth in Africa, Asia, and Latin America....Pages 219-230
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The American Fertility Cult....Pages 231-238
Current Approaches to the Biological Control of Fertility....Pages 241-252
Research Involving Aspects of Mammalian Egg Development....Pages 253-267
The Place of Sterilization....Pages 268-273
The Problems of Abortion The Personal Population Explosion....Pages 274-281
Public Health in an Overpopulated World....Pages 282-292
The Unwanted Child....Pages 293-305
The Protection and Improvement of Man’s Genetic Inheritance....Pages 306-313
Better Genes for Tomorrow....Pages 314-338
The Problem of New Problems....Pages 341-343
General Assembly Resolution on Population Growth and Economic Development....Pages 344-346
The Politics of Population: A Blueprint for International Cooperation....Pages 347-358
Birth Control: Swedish Help to Underdeveloped Nations....Pages 359-362
The Initiation of Contraceptive Services....Pages 363-367
The Role of the International Planned Parenthood Federation....Pages 368-372
Final Report on “The Population Dilemma”....Pages 373-378
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Introductory Note to P. Auger’s Proposal....Pages 381-381
Plan of an Institute of Studies for the Better Utilization of the Globe....Pages 382-386
The Use and Abuse of Land and Water....Pages 387-406
Natural Resources, Policies and Planning for Developing Countries....Pages 407-421
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Design for a Planet....Pages 422-423
Population, Space, and Human Culture....Pages 424-433
Better Living through Conservation Planning....Pages 434-441
The Unit of Survival is the Human Race....Pages 442-450
Population and Food Supply....Pages 451-477
Research in Biotechnology: A Factor in Advancing the Technically Underdeveloped Countries....Pages 478-487
An Appraisal of the Future of Nuclear Energy....Pages 488-495
The Discovery, Development and Constructive Use of World Resources....Pages 496-535
Back Matter....Pages 537-563