How many people can the earth support? / Joel E. Cohen.

New York : Norton, [1995], ©1995.

x, 532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-504) and index.

Past human population growth -- Four evolutions in population growth -- The uniqueness of the present relative to the past -- Future human population growth -- Projection methods -- Scenarios of future population -- The human carrying capacity of the earth -- Eight estimates -- A survey of four centuries -- Human choices -- Water -- Natural constraints and time -- Appendices.