A World in Balance
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Environmental Conservation
- Vol. 8 (3) , 177-183
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900027533
Abstract
The attempt is made here to provide an approximation of the number of people that the world can support in the light of three constraints: (a) provision for a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of everyone, (b) consideration for wildlife and Nature, and (c) reliance on existing levels of technology and politics. In fact, two alternative standards of living are suggested, ‘affluent’ (based on the standard of the 27 richest nations in the world) and ‘austere’ (based on the standard of the 43 next most wealthy nations in the world).Keywords
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