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The land is full : addressing overpopulation in Israel /

"During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to eight million people. Such exponential growth has produced acute environmental and social crises in this tiny country. Alon Tal, one of Israel's foremost environmentalists, considers the ramifications of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tal, Alon, 1960- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ehrlich, Paul R. (writer of foreword.), Ehrlich, Anne H. (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Talking about Demography in Israel
  • Of Pollution, Paucity, and Population Pressures
  • Of Impaired Public Services, Poverty, and Population Pressures
  • The Rise and Fall of Aliyah: A Brief History of Immigration to Israel
  • Blessed with Children: From Dogma to Subsidies
  • Women's Reproductive Rights: Abortion, Birth Control, and Fertility Policies in Israel
  • "Be Fruitful and Multiply": Jewish Procreation and Ultra-Orthodox Fertility
  • The Demographic Transition
  • Growing Pains: The Politics of Bedouin and Palestinian Populations
  • Carrying Capacity, Past and Present
  • Toward an Optimal Population Size
  • We Can Do It, And Agenda for Stabilizing Israel's Population.