The Most Overpopulated Nation

Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version An NPG Forum Paperby Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. EhrlickJanuary 1991 This paper was originally published by NPG in January 1991.We are reprinting it 5 years later, in November 1996, with the Ehrlichs’ permission. Those of us who deal with population issues all the time are frequently confronted by people who …

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The Plight of the Chesapeake

Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The Plight of the Chesapeake An NPG Forum Paper The Optimum Population Series By Stephen Tennenbaum & Robert Costanza December 1990 This is the thirteenth in a series of NPG Forum papers exploring the idea of optimum population ö what would be a desirable population size for the United States? Without any …

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Balancing Humans in the Biosphere: Escaping the Overpopulation Trap

Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Life Expectancy Drives U.S. and World Population Growth An NPG Forum Paper The Optimum Population Series by Robert Costanza July 1990 This is the eighth in a series of NPG Forum papers exploring the idea of optimum population what would be a desirable population size for the United States? Without any consensus …

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