Environmental Science 1 (BI131) - Finding Information on Negative Aspects of Population Growth

Introduction

This page is intended to supplement the instructional handout listing materials with a "anti" position on population growth. Many of the materials in this list appear on the BI131 class handout.

The list is in arranged sections by type of material. Magazine and journal articles are first, followed by books. Web pages, as well as books and articles shown in the BI131 handout, but available only by interlibrary loan, are shown in the additional materials section.

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Periodical Articles

The following articles are available in full electronic text on the library's electronic databases, or in the Chemeketa library, or both. If you are on a computer connected to Chemeketa's network, clicking on a highlighted title will take you directly to the article.

If you are viewing this page on a computer not connected to Chemeketa's network, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and password to access the article.

Barrett, G.W. & Odum, E.P. (2000). The twenty-first century: The world at 
      carrying capacity. Bioscience 50, 363 (6 p.). Retrieved November 
      9, 2009, from General OneFile database.

Bender, W.H.  (1997, March).  How much food will we need in the 
      21st century?  Environment 39, 7-28. Retrieved November 
      f9, 2009, from Genral OneFile database.

Berreby, D. (1990, April). The numbers game. Discover 11, 42 (6 p.). 

Bongaarts, J.  (1994, March).  Can the growing human population feed 
      itself? Scientific American 270, 36-42. 

Bongaarts, J.  (1994). Population policy options in the developing 
      world.  Science 263, 771-77. 
      Retrieved November 9, 2009, from General OneFile database.

Bongaarts, J. (1998). Demographic consequences of declining fertility. 
      Science 282, 419 (2 p.) Retrieved November 9, 2009, from 
      General OneFile database.

Bongaarts, J. (2002, January). Population: Ignoring its impact. Scientific 
      American 286, 67. (3 p.) Retrieved November 29, 2005, 
      from EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database (Article 
      number 5638891).

Brown, L.R., Gardner, G. & B. Halwell. (1999, February).  16 impacts of 
      population growth.  Futurist 33, 36 (7 p.). Retrieved November 9, 
      2009, from General OneFile database.

Budiansky, S. (1994, September 12). 10 billion for dinner, please. U.S. 
      News & World Report 117, 57 (4 p.). Retrieved November 9, 
      2009, from General OneFile database. N.B. This article 
      appeared under the description, "Budiansky, S., et al. 1994. Population 
      wars" in the BI131 handout.

Butler, C.D. (2004). Human Carrying Capacity and Human Health.
      PLoS Medicine 1, e55. Retrieved December 1, 2005, from 
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010055

Carpenter, B. & Watson, T. (1994, September 12). More people, more pollution. 
      U.S. News & World Report 117, 63 (3 p.). Retrieved November 29, 
      2005, from EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database (Article 
      number 9409077541). N.B. This article appeared under the description, 
      "Budiansky, S., et al. 1994. Population wars" in the BI131 handout.

Cohen, J.E.  (1992, November). How many people can earth hold? Discover
       1, 114. (6 p.).

Cohen, J.E. (1995).  Population growth and earth's human carrying capacity.  
      Science 269, 341-345. Abstract only available from EBSCOhost 
      Academic Search Premier database.

Cohen, J.E. (1996, April). Ten myths of population. Discover 17, 42. (5 p.).

Cohen, J.E. (2003). Human population: The next half century. Science 
      302, 1172-1175. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Genral OneFile 
      database.

Daily, G. et al. (1998). Food production, population growth, and the environment.  
      Science 281, 1291-1292. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from General 
      OneFile.

Daily, G.C. & Ehrlich, P. (1992).  Population, sustainability and the 
      Earth's carrying capacity. Bioscience 42, 761 (11 p.). 
      Retrieved November 29, 2005, from General OneFile database.

Day, L.H. (2004, September/October). The positive side of the older 
      populations To come. World Watch 17, 55-57. Retrieved November 9, 
      2009, from General OneFile database. N.B. This 
      is listed under the title, "Population and its discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Ehrlich, A. (1985, July/August). Critical masses. Humanist 45, 18-36.

Ehrlich, P.R. (2003, April). Get off the train and walk. Conservation Biology 
      17, 352 (2 p.).

Ehrlich, P. and Ehrlich, A. (1997).  Ehrlich's fables. Technology 
      Review 100, 38-47. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from  
      General OneFile database.

Ehrlich, P. & Ehrlich, A. (1997). The population explosion: Why we should care 
      and what we should do about it. Environmental Law 27, 1187-1208.

Ehrlich, P.R. and Ehrlich, A. (2006, September 30). Enough already. New 
      Scientist 191, 46-50. Retrieved November 39 2009, from 
      LexisNexis Academic database.

Fornos, W. (1998, July/August). No vacancy. Humanist 58, 15-18.
      Retrieved November 29, 2005, from EBSCOhost Academic Search 
      Premier database (Article number 776670).

Fornos, W. (1998, July/August). No vacancy. Humanist 58, 15-18.
      Retrieved November 29, 2005, from Academic OneFile database.

Hinrichsen, D. (1994, September/October). Putting the bite on planet 
      earth. International Wildlife 24, 36-45. Retrieved November 12, 
      2009, from Environmental Studies & Policy Collection.

Hinrichsen, D. (1999, September/October). 6,000,000,000 consumption 
      machines. International Wildlife 29, 22 (8 p.). Retrieved November 
      12, 2009, from Environmental Studies & Policy Collection.

Kates, R.W. (1994, October). Sustaining life on earth. Scientific 
      American 271, 114-121.

Keyfitz, N. (1989, September). The growing human population. Scientific 
      American 261, 119-126.

King, M. & Elliott, C. (1997). To the point of farce: a Martian view of 
      the Hardinian taboo--the silence that surrounds population control. 
      BMJ 315, 1441-1443. Retrieved December 2, 2005, from 
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7120/1441

Jha, S. & Bawa, K.S. (2006). Population growth, human development, 
      and deforestation in biodiversity hotspots. Conservation 
      Biology 20, 906-912.

Linden, E. (1992, Fall). Too many people. Time 140, 64-65.
      Retrieved November 12, 2009, from Academic OneFile
      database.

Loefler, I. (2003). The population trap. BMJ 326, 507. Retrieved 
      November 22, 2005, from 
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7387/507

Lynas, M. (2004, February 23). The biomass of human bodies now exceeds 
      by a hundred times that of any large animal species that ever 
      existed on land. New Statesman 133), 23-25.  
      Retrieved November 12, 2009, from Academic OneFile database.

McDaniel, C. (2003). Elephant in the room. Conservation Biology 17, 
      954-956.

MacFarquhar, E. (1994, September 12). Population wars. U.S. News & 
      World Report 117, 54 (4 p). Retrieved November 12, 2009, from 
      Academic OneFile database. N.B. This article appeared under the
      description, "Budiansky, S., et al. 1994. Population wars" in the 
      BI131 handout.

MacKenzie, D. (1994, September). Will tomorrow's children starve? New 
      Scientist 143, 24-29.

McKibben, B. (1999, November/December). Taking the pulse of the planet.
      Audubon 101, 104-110.

McMichael, A. (2002). Population, environment, disease, and survival: 
      Past patterns, and uncertain futures. Lancet 359, 1145-1149. 
      Retrieved November 12, 2009 from ScienceDirect..

Mann, C. (1993, February). How many is too many?. Atlantic Monthly 271, 
      47-60. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from Student Resource Center Gold.

Mastny, L. (2004, September/October). The hazards of youth. World 
      Watch 17, 18-21. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General 
      OneFile. 
      N.B. This is listed under the title, "Population and its 
      discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Mitchell, J. (1998, January/February). Before the next doubling. eu
      WorldWatch 11, 20-29. Retrieved January 1, 2007, from
      http://www.worldwatch.org/system/files/EP111A.pdf

      	Note: You must register to access this publication.

Motavalli, J. (1996, November/December). Contents under pressure. E 
      Magazine 7, 28-37.Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General
      OneFiledatabase.

Nicholson-Lord, D. (2006, November). The numbers game. Ecologist 36, 
      22-24. Excerpt only available at Britnnica.

Nierenberg, D. (2004, September/October). The population story … so far. 
      World Watch 17, 14-17. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General 
      OneFile database. N.B. This is listed under the title, "Population
      and its discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Pimentel, D. & Wilson, A. (2004, September/October). World population, 
      agriculture, and malnutrition. World Watch 17, 22-25. Retrieved November 
      12, 2009, from General OneFile database. N.B. This is listed under the
      title, "Population and its discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Prosterman, R.L., Hanstad, T. & Ping, L. (1996, November). Can China feed itself? 
      Scientific American 275, 90-96. 

Raloff, J. (1996, June 22). The human numbers crunch. Science News 149, 
      396-397. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from Student Resource Center 
      Gold database.

Roush, W. (1994). Population: The view from Cairo. Science 265, 1164-1167.
      Retrieved November 12, 2009, from Academic OneFile database.

Sadik, N. (1991, March/April). World population continues to rise. Futurist 
      25, 9-14. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General OneFile.

Sai, F.T. (2004, September/October). Population, Family planning, and the 
      future of Africa. World Watch 17, 34-37. Retrieved November 12, 
      2009, from General OneFile database N.B. This is listed under the title, 
      "Population and its discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Six Billion and Counting. (2004, December). Canada & the World 
      Backgrounder 70, 4-6. Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General  
      OneFile.

Smail, J.K. (2004, September/October). Global population reduction: 
      confronting the inevitable. World Watch 17, 58-59. Retrieved November 
      12, 2009, from General OneFile database. N.B. This is listed under the 
       title, "Population and its discontents" in the BI131 handout.

Smith, C.  1995. Assessing the limits to growth. Bioscience 45, 478-483.
      Retrieved November 30, 2005, from EBSCOhost Academic Search 
      Premier database (Article number 9507125935).

Smith, E. (1992, May 11). Growth vs. environment. Business Week 
      3265, 66-75. Retrieved December 1, 2005 from EBSCOhost Academic 
      Search Premier database (Article  Number 9205111632).

Vitousek, P.M., Mooney, H.A. (1997). Human domination of Earth's ecosystems. 
      Science 277, 494-499.Retrieved November 12, 2009, from General 
      OneFile.

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Books

Searching for books

The following books are listed in the CCRLS catalog as being at Chemeketa, available for request from another CCRLS location, or available for request through Summit. (See Requesting Materials for instructions on how to do this.) Some are available on the World Wide Web, as indicated:

Bouvier, L.F. and L. Grant. (1994). How many Americans?: Population, immigration 
      and the environment. San Francisco: Sierra Club.

Brown, L.R., Gardner, G. & Halweil, B. (1999). Beyond Malthus: Nineteen 
      dimensions of the population challenge. Washington, DC: WorldWatch.
      Retrieved December 5, 2005, from http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1079

	Note: You must register to access this publication.

      Library system has:
Brown, L.R., Gardner, G. & Halweil, B. (1998). Beyond Malthus: 
      sixteen dimensions of the population problem. Washington, DC: 
      Worldwatch.

Brown, L.R. & Kane, H. (1994). Full house : reassessing the earth's population 
      carrying capacity . New York: W.W. Norton.

Cincotta, R.P., Engelman, R. & Anastasion, D. (2003). The security 
      demographic: population and civil conflict after the Cold War. 
      Washington, DC: Population Action International.

Cincotta, R.P. & Engelman, R. (2000). Nature's place : human population 
      and the future of biological diversity. Washington, DC:
      Action International.

Durning, A.T. & Crowther, C.D. (1997). Misplaced blame: the 
      real roots of population growth. Seattle: Northwest Environment Watch.

Egendorf, L. (Ed.). (2005). The environment: Opposing viewpoints. 
      Detroit: Greenhaven.

Ehrlich, P. & Ehrlich, A. (1990). The population explosion. New York: 
      Simon and Schuster. 

Ehrlich, P., Ehrlich, A. & Daily,G.C. (1995). The stork and the plow: 
      the equity answer to the human dilemma. New York: Putnam's.

Erickson, J. (1999). The Human Volcano: population growth as geological force.
      New York : Facts on File.

Harrison, P. & Pearce, F. (2000). AAAS atlas of population & environment.  
      Berkeley, CA : University of California Press.

Hohm, C.F. & Jones, L.J. & Lio, S. (Eds.). (2000). Population: Opposing viewpoints.
      San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.

Hohm, C.F. & Jones, L.J. (1995). Population : opposing viewpoints. 
      San Diego: Greenhaven. 

International Food Policy Research Institute. (2002). Sustainable food 
      security for all by 2020: Proceedings of an international conference. 
      Washington, D.C.: the Institute.

Lader, L. (1971). Breeding ourselves to death. New York: Ballantine.

Larsen, J. (2002). Population Growing by 80 million annually. In L.R. Brown, 
      J. Larsen & B. Fischlowitz-Roberts (Eds.) The Earth Policy Reader 
      (pp. 87-90). New York: Norton. Retrieved December 1, 2005 from 
      http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/EPR_contents.htm

Larsen, J. (2004). World population grew by 76 million people in 2004:
      3 million added in the industrial world and 73 million in the developing 
      world. Retrieved November 30, 2005, from Earth Policy Institute Web
      site: http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Pop/2004.htm

Markley, O.W. & McCuan, W.R. (1996). 21st century earth : opposing viewpoints.
           San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press.

Mastny, L. & Cincotta, R.P. (2005). Examining the connections between
      population and security. [chapter] In Brown, L. et al. (Eds.), State 
      of the world 2005: A WorldWatch Institute report on progress toward 
      a sustainable society (pp. 22-39). New York: w.w. Norton.

Mazur, L.A. (1994). Beyond the numbers. Covelo, CA: Island Press. 

Meyers, N. & Simon, J. (1994). Scarcity or abundance?. New York: Norton
      This book is available in manuscript form at 
      http://www.juliansimon.org/writings/Norton/.

Murdock, S.H. (1995). An America challenged: Population change and the future 
      of the U.S. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Rosenzweig, M.L. (1974). And replenish the earth : the evolution, consequences, 
      and prevention of overpopulation. New York: Harper & Row.

World at risk : a global issues sourcebook. (2002). Washington, D.C.: 
      CQ Press.

Meadows, D.H., Meadows, L. & Randers, J. (1992). Beyond the limits:
      confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future Mills, 
      VT: Chelsea Green.

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Additional Materials

Below are the Web pages included in the BI131 handout.

Population Action International. Retrieved 
      November 30, 2005, from http://populationaction.org

United Nations Population Fund. (2005). State of world population 2006. 
      Retrieved November 30, 2005, from http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm

The following books and articles are not available in the CCRLS system, but may be requested through interlibrary loan:

Brown, L. & Flavin, C. (1988, July/August). Earth's vital signs. 
      Futurist 22, 13-21. Retrieved December 1, 2005 from EBSCOhost Academic 
      Search Premier database (Article number 8800011999).

Grant, L. (1992). Elephants and Volkswagens. New York: W.H. Freeman.

McNicoll, G. (1998). Malthus for the twenty-first century. Population and 
      Development Review 24, 309-316.

Postel, S. (1994, March/April). Carrying capacity: Earth's bottom line. 
      Challenge 37, 4-12.

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