Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment

by J. Boutwell (Contributor), Laurie Ann Mazur (Editor), J. Boutwell (Contributor)

Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned voices that highlight issues of interest not fully explored in the overviews.As well as providing a sense of the difficulties involved in dealing with these issues, the essays make clear that constructive action is possible.Topics covered include: the interrelationships between population, economic growth, consumption, and development the history of population and family planning efforts gender equality and the empowerment of women reproductive rights, reproductive health, family planning, health and mortality

460 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Danny English]

This is a great collection of essays that carefully navigate the social and ecological challenges facing the world into the 21st century.

[Autumn Kearney]

This book is a great concept, even if it is desperately outdated. It needs an update, or perhaps even a full rewrite. A book from 1994 is almost a dinosaur, given how quickly the world changes.