Studies the political, social, and scientific-technical reasons for world food shortages, and focuses on possible approaches to increasing food production.
Describes the environmental impact of land use, showing how careless development leads to loss of agricultural lands and animal and plant species and causes deforestation, desertification, and urban sprawl.
Discusses the economic, political, and moral aspects of global overpopulation and the subsequent pressures placed on the world's natural resources and life support systems.
