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One billion Americans : the case for thinking bigger / by Yglesias, Matthew,1981-author.(CARDINAL)488720;
Includes bibliographical references.A very short history of American power -- America is empty -- The dismal economics of child rearing -- Taking families seriously -- More and better immigrants -- Comeback cities -- Curing housing scarcity -- Getting around -- A land of plenty."A bold case for massive population growth in the name of national greatness--from Vox co-founder and host of "The Weeds" podcast Matt Yglesias. America is in decline. Fewer children are born each year due to financial pressure. Thousands flee our iconic cities with their housing shortages and broken infrastructure. While we tie ourselves into knots trying to stop the flow of immigrants, our exhausted economy deflates the heartland's already shrinking population. To survive China's impending global takeover (not to mention Russia), we can't afford to be weak. We need to get bigger, much bigger. We need one billion Americans. In this timely and provocative book, Matthew Yglesias makes the case for massive population growth through humane family and immigration policy. Of course, more people requires more housing, not to mention better transportation, improved education, a revitalized welfare system, and climate change mitigation. Why not do it all, and stay on top forever? Written with Yglesias's signature humor and analytic rigor, One Billion Americans challenges readers across the political spectrum to take decline seriously. Drawing on economic theory and research from leading policy experts, he offers ideas from around the globe--from Singapore's approach to traffic jams to Canada's town planning--that move us beyond left-right divides, to explore the practical and creative solutions our times call for"--
Subjects: Demographic transition;
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Overpopulation : 7 billion people and counting / by Newton, David E.,author.(CARDINAL)709197;
Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.The population explosion -- Measuring population trends -- The demographic transition -- Population issues in North America -- The limits to growth -- The myth of overpopulation? -- The consequences of overpopulation -- One solution: population control."Describes the problems with and possible solutions for overpopulation of the planet"--Grade 7-8.
Subjects: Overpopulation; Overpopulation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions / by Harris, Jonathan M.(CARDINAL)265871; Tufts University.Global Development and Environment Institute.(CARDINAL)268317;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund / Robert S. Browne -- The World Bank and poverty / Carlos A. Heredia -- Assessing the the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan Fox and David Brown -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The United Nations environment programme and the United Nations development programme / Alexandre Timoshenko and Mark Berman -- Conflicts of global ecology: environmental activism in period of global reach / Vanadan Shiva.Foreign investment, globalization, and environment / Daniel C. Esty and Bradford S. Gentry -- Globalization and social integration / Dharam Ghai and Cynthia Hewitt de Alcantara -- Reconciling economic reform and sustainable human development: social consequences of Neo-liberalism / Lance Taylor and Ute Pieper -- Impacts of structural adjustment on the sustainability of developing countries / David Reed -- The corporate accountability movement: lessons and opportunities / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh -- Socially responsible investing: doing good while doing well / Peter D. Kinder, Steven D. Lydenberg, and Amy L. Domini -- Corporate social responsibility / George A. Steiner and John F. Steiner -- Toward a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship / Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde -- Civil associations and toward a global civil economy / Severyn T. Bruyn.Government action, social capital, and development: reviewing the evidence on synergy / Peter Evans -- Good government in the Tropics / Judith Tendler -- View from the periphery: encountering development / Philip W. Porter and Eric S. Sheppard -- Global ecology and the shadow of development / Wolfgang Sachs -- Biodiversity: a third world perspective / Vandana Shiva -- Global warming in an unequal world: a case of environmental colonialism / Anni Agarwal and Sunita Narain -- Lifestyle is the problem / A. Atiq Rahman -- Enclosing the global commons: Global environmental negotiations in a North-south conflictual approach / Alain Lipietz -- Government, population, and poverty: a win-win tale / Nancy Birdsall -- An ecologist view of the Malthusian conflict / C.S. Holling -- Accelerated resource degradation by agriculture in developing countries?: the role of population change and responses to it / Michael Lipton.Materialization and dematerialization: measures and trends / Iddo K. Wenick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jess H. Ausubel -- Material use and sustainable affluence / Frank Ackerman -- Balancing China's energy, economic, and environmental goals / John M. Byrne, Bo Shen, and Xiuguo Li -- Environmental quality, energy efficiency, and renewable energy / Peter Fox-Penner -- The costs of climate protection: a guide for the perplexed / Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin -- Equity and discounting in climate-change decisions / Robert C. Lind and Richard E. Schuler -- Globalization: threat or salvation? / Paul Streeten -- From adjustment to sustainable development: the obstacle of free trade / Herman E. Daly -- Ecological distribution, agricultural trade liberalization, and in situ genetic diversity / James K. Boyce -- Multinational corporations and the Neo-liberal regime / James R. Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Patricia Kelly.Natural capital and sustainable development / Robert Costanza and Herman E. Daly -- Environmental economics, ecological economics, and the concept of sustainable development / Giuseppe Munda -- On the problem of achieving efficiency and equity, intergenerationally / Talbot Page -- Economics and "sustainability": balancing trade-offs and imperatives / Michael A. Toman -- From political economy to politicalecology / Juan Martinez-Alier -- Green accounting and economic policy / Salah El Serafy -- Are we saving enough for the future? / Kirk Hamilton and Michael Clemens -- Progress on the environmental Kuznets curve? / David I. Stern -- The human development paradigm / Mahbub ul Haq -- Sustainable livelihoods: the poor's reconciliation of environment and development / Robert Chambers -- Market, citizenship, and social exclusion / Charles Gore -- Gendered poverty and well-being / Shahra Razavi.People and environment: what is the relationship between exploitation of natural resources and population growth in the South? / Sara J. Scherr -- Population and urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's megacities / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- Mexico City: our common future? / Priscilla Connolly -- Reinventing cities for people and the planet / Molly O'Meara Sheehan -- Food security and sustainable use of natural resources: a 2020 vision / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch -- Sustainable agriculture / Gordon Conway -- Environmental risks posed by Transgenic crops / Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellen -- Population extinction and saving biodiversity / Paul R. Ehrlich and Gretchen C. Daily -- Rocking the boat: conserving fisheries and protecting jobs / Anne Platt McGinn -- The world's forests: problems and potentials / Norman Myers.Sustainability and the accountable corporation / Allen L. White -- A theory of Government intervention in late industrialization / Alice H. Amsden -- An idea whose time has come / M. Jeff Hamond, Stephen J. DeCanio, Peggy Duxbury, Alan H. Sanstad, and Christopher H. Stinson -- From class struggle to class compromise: redistribution and growth in a South Indian State / Patrick Heller -- New strategies for rural sustainable development: Popular participation, food self-sufficiency, and environmental regeneration / David Barkin -- African development that works / Peter G. Veit, Adolfo Mascarenhas, and Okyeante Ampadu-Agyei -- Challenges to community-based sustainable development / Melissa Leach, Robin Mearns, and Ian Scoones -- What is micro-enterprise development for women? Widening the agenda / Linda Mayoux.Summaries of essays on sustainable human and economic development. Topics include: Population and the demographic transition; Agriculture and renewal resources; Energy and materials use; Globalization and corporate responsibility; Local and national strategies.
Subjects: Sustainable development.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Common wealth : economics for a crowded planet / by Sachs, Jeffrey.(CARDINAL)162671;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-369) and index.Common challenges, common wealth -- Our crowded planet -- The anthropocene -- Global solutions to climate change -- Securing our water needs -- A home for all species -- Global population dynamics -- Completing the demographic transition -- The strategy of economic development -- Ending poverty traps -- Economic security in a changing world -- Rethinking foreign policy -- Achieving global goals -- The power of one.Assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and prosperity, with practical solutions based on a new economic paradigm for our crowded planet.
Subjects: Economic policy.; Sustainable development.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12
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Transit, 2011. by National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes bibliographical references."TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2217 consists of 20 papers that explore travel behavior and demand potential of tram- and bus-based neighborhoods, impact of gasoline prices on transit ridership, cost-effective approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through public transportation, predicting the mean and variance of transit segment and route travel times, complexity of transit tours, real-time transit information, and cost-effectiveness of employment transportation services. This issue of the TRR also examines future sky train usage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; demographic analysis of route choice for public transit; river ferries; a web-based transit trip-planning system; mobile transit information; real-time ridesharing; expanding metropolitan travel choices; peer-to-peer carsharing; configuration of innovative minibus service in Lisbon, Portugal; patronage of community shuttles in New Jersey; pedestrian accessibility to transit stations; accessibility-based transit need index; and bicycle and transit integration."--pub. desc.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Conference papers and proceedings.; Local transit.; Urban transportation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Grand transitions : how the modern world was made / by Smil, Vaclavauthor(CARDINAL)323599;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Epochal transitions -- Populations -- Agricultures and diets -- Energies -- Economies -- Environment -- Outcomes and outlooks."The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions. First, the demographic transition changed the total numbers, dynamics, structure, and residential pattern of populations. The agricultural and dietary transition led to the emergence of highly productive cropping and animal husbandry (subsidized by fossil energies and electricity), which eliminated famines, reduced malnutrition, and improved the health of populations but also resulted in enormous foodwaste and had many environmental consequences. The energy transition brought the world from traditional biomass fuels and human and animal labor to fossil fuel, ever more efficient electricity, lights, and motors, which transformed both agricultural andindustrial production and enabled mass-scale mobility and instant communication. Economic transition has been marked by relatively high growth rates of total national and global product, by fundamental structural transformation (from farming to industriesto services) and by an increasing share of humanity living in affluent societies, enjoying unprecedented quality of life. These transitions have made many intensifying demands on the environment, resulting in ecosystemic degradation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and eventually change on the planetary level, with global warming being the most worrisome development. This book traces the genesis of these transitions, their interactions and complicated progress as well as their outcomes and impacts, explaining how the modern world was made-and then offers a forward-thinking examination of some key unfolding transitions and appraising their challenges and possible results." --
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Technology and civilization; Population; Economic history.; Human ecology;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The journey of humanity : the origins of wealth and inequality / by Galor, Oded,1953-author.(CARDINAL)863159;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index.Mysteries of the human journey -- [Part] I: The human odyssey. First steps. Genesis ; Exodus from the cradle of humankind ; Early settlement ; The dawn of civilisation -- Lost in stagnation. The Malthusian thesis ; The inevitable onset of agriculture ; Population swings ; The economic ice age -- The storm beneath the surface. Unified growth theory ; Wheels of change -- Full steam. Acceleration of technological development ; Education in the pre-industrial era ; Industrialisation and human capital ; The advent of universal public education ; Child labour no more -- Metamorphosis. Triggers of the demographic transition ; Family tales ; Phase transition -- The promised land. The twilight of industry ; The age of growth ; Growth and environmental degradation -- Coda: resolving the mystery of growth -- [Part] II: The origins of wealth and inequality. Splendour and misery. Disparate factors ; Rusty tools ; Trade, colonialism and uneven development ; Deep-rooted factors -- The fingerprints of institutions. Institutional origins of the British ascent ; Institutions and long-run development ; The legacy of colonialism ; Origins of institutions -- The cultural factor. The power of culture ; A culture of growth ; Cultural inertia ; Culture and prosperity -- The shadow of geography. Landscape fragmentation and the rise of Europe ; Origins of extractive institutions ; Geographical roots of cultural traits ; Roots of comparative development -- The legacy of the agricultural revolution. Roots and impacts of the Neolithic revolution ; The grains of civilisation ; Ceding the head start ; Geography's decree -- Out of Africa. Origins of human diversity ; Measuring diversity ; Diversity and prosperity ; The grip of the past -- Coda: unravelling the mystery of inequality -- Afterword."Why are humans the only species to have escaped - only very recently - the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly exceeds all others? And why have we progressed so unequally around the world, resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today? Immense in scope and packed with astounding connections, Galor's gripping narrative explains how technology, population size, and adaptation led to a stunning "phase change" in the human story a mere two hundred years ago. But by tracing that same journey back in time and peeling away the layers of influence - colonialism, political institutions, societal structure, culture - he arrives also at an explanation of inequality's ultimate causes: those ancestral populations that enjoyed fruitful geographical characteristics and rich diversity were set on the path to prosperity, while those that lacked it were disadvantaged in ways still echoed today. As we face ecological crisis across the globe, The Journey of Humanity is a book of urgent truths and enduring relevance, with lessons that are both hopeful and profound: gender equality, investment in education, and balancing diversity with social cohesion are the keys not only to our species' thriving, but to its survival."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Economic development.; Economic history.; Equality.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Earth at the crossroads [videorecording] : understanding the ecology of a changing planet \ by Strauss, Eric G,author; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
pt. 03: 25. Population Growth and Its Natural Limits -- 26. The Human Shift to an Urban Lifestyle -- 27. The Ecology of Dispersal and Migration -- 28. Human Impacts on Animal Migration -- 29. Ecology and Economy of Sex and Reproduction -- 30. Cities and the Human Demographic Transition -- 31. Coevolution among Species -- 32. The Coevolution of Human Diseases -- 33. Strategies for Reversing Ecosystem Decline -- 34. Designing Spaces for Wildlife -- 35. Toward Sustainable Urban Ecosystems -- 36. Recovering Ecosystems-Hope for the Future.pt. 1: An Ecological Diagnosis of the Living Earth -- Humanity and the Tragedy of the Commons -- Ecology-Natural History to Holistic Science -- Ecology as a System-Presses and Pulses -- Climate and Habitat-Twin Ecological Crises -- Human Society as Ecological Driver -- Movement of Energy through Living Systems -- Humans as Energy Consumers -- Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems -- 10. The Challenges of Waste and Disposal -- 11. The Water Cycle and Climate -- 12. Human Water Use and Climate Change. pt. 2: 13. Rain and Heat-Forces That Shape Climate -- 14. The Ecology of Global Climate Change -- 15. How Living Organisms Acquire Food -- 16. The Ecological Consequences of Agriculture -- 17. Food, Energy Flows, Biomagnification -- 18. The Human Ecology of Biomagnification -- 19. The Ecological Community as a Living Mosaic -- 20. Wildlife Adaptation to Human Landscapes -- 21. Biodiversity, Disturbance, Invasive Species -- 22. Biodiversity Decline and Restoration Ecology -- 23. Microevolution and Biological Variation -- 24. Human Impacts on Ecological Space and TimeTaught by Professor Eric G. Strauss of Boston College.Ecology is to reveal the nature of ourselves and of our relationship with the species around us. The lectures in this course are often in pairs, with basic ecological principles discussed in the first lecture and the human role or human implications addressed in the second.
Subjects: Ecology.; Human ecology.; Nature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La Florida : five hundred years of Hispanic presence / by Daz Balsera, Viviana,1958-; May, Rachel A.(CARDINAL)811391;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Ponce's ghosts: Spain and Florida, 1513-2013 / Gary R. Mormino -- Three hundred years of La Florida / Viviana Daz Balsera -- Charting Juan Ponce de Len's 1512 voyage to Florida: the Calusa Indians amid latitudes of controversy / Jerald T. Milanich -- Until the land was understood: Spaniards confront La Florida, 1500-1600 / Paul E. Hoffman -- On the trail of texts from early Spanish Florida: Garcilaso's La Florida del Inca and Or's Relacin de los mrtires / Raquel Chang-Rodriguez -- A land renowned for war: Florida as a maritime marchland / Amy Turner Bushnell -- Giving liberty to all: Spanish Florida as a Black sanctuary, 1673-1790 / Jane Landers -- The experience of a loss: Spain, Florida, and the United States, 1783-1833 / Carmen de la Guardia Herrero -- Florida in the modern world / Rachel A. May -- Fireworks over Fernandina: the Atlantic dimension of the Amelia Island episode, 1817 / Karen Racine -- The old world in the new: Florida discovers the arts of Spain, 1885-1930 / Richard L. Kagan -- Performing diasporas, or Cubanidad meets Jim Crow: Miami in a period of demographic transition before the Cuban Revolution / Darin J. Davis -- Mickey Ricans? The recent Puerto Rican diaspora to Florida / Jorge Duany -- Miami in the twenty-first century: still on the edge? / Alex Stepick and Marcos Feldman -- How Cubans transformed Florida politics and gained national influence / Susan Eckstein.Commemorating Juan Ponce de León's landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, this ambitious volume explores five centuries of Hispanic presence in the New World peninsula, reflecting on the breadth and depth of encounters between the different lands and cultures.Melding history, literature, anthropology, music, culture, and sociology, La Florida is a unique presentation of the Hispanic roots that run deep in Florida's past and present and will assuredly shape its future.The contributors, leading experts in a range of fields, begin with an examination of the first and second Spanish periods. This was a time when La Florida was an elusive possession that the Spaniards were never able to completely secure; but Spanish influence would nonetheless leave an indelible mark on the land. In the second half of this volume, the essays highlight the Hispanic cultural legacy, politics, and history of modern Florida and expand on Florida's role as a modern transatlantic cross roads.
Subjects: Cuban Americans; Spanish Americans;
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Earth at the crossroads. [sound recording] understanding the ecology of a changing planet. by Strauss, Eric.(CARDINAL)534401; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Disc 1. lecture 1. An ecological diagnosis of the living earth -- lecture 2. Humanity and the tragedy of the commons -- lecture 3. Ecology- natural history to holistic science -- lecture 4. Ecology as a system- presses and pulses -- lecture 5. Climate and habitat- twin ecological crises -- lecture 6. Human society as ecological driver -- Disc. 2. lecture 7. Movement of energy through living systems -- lecture 8. Humans as energy consumers -- lecture 9. Nutrient cycling in ecosystems -- lecture 10. The challenges of waste and disposal -- lecture 11. The water cycle and climate -- lecture 12. Human water use and climate change -- Disc. 3. lecture 13. Rain and heat- forces that shape climate -- lecture 14. The ecology of global climate change -- lecture 15. How living organisms acquire food -- lecture 16. The ecological consequences of agriculture -- lecture 17. Food, energy flows, biomagnification -- lecture 18. The human ecology of biomagnification -- Disc. 4. lecture 19. The ecological community as a living mosaic -- lecture 20. Wildlife adaptation to human landscapes -- lecture 21. Biodiversity, disturbance, invasive species -- lecture 22. Biodiversity decline and restoration ecology -- lecture 23. Microevolution and biological variation -- lecture 24. Human impacts on ecological space and time -- Disc 5. lecture 25. Population growth and its natural limits -- lecture 26. The human shift to an urban lifestyle -- lecture 27. The ecology of dispersal and migration -- lecture 28. Human impacts on animal migration -- lecture 29. Ecology and economy of sex and reproduction -- lecture 30. Cities and the human demographic transition -- Disc 6. lecture 31. Coevolution among species -- lecture 32. The coevolution of human diseases -- lecture 33. Strategies for reversing ecosystem decline -- lecture 34. Designing spaces for wildlife -- lecture 35. Toward sustainable urban ecosystems -- lecture 36. Recovering ecosystems- hope for the future.Lecturer: Professor Eric G. Strauss, Boston College.Ecology is to reveal the nature of ourselves and of our relationship with the species around us. The lectures in this course are often in pairs, with basic ecological principles discussed in the first lecture and the human role or human implications addressed in the second.DVD.
Subjects: Filmed lectures.; Ecology.; Human ecology.; Nature;
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