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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511993303321

Titolo

Australia's population growth / / edited by Justin Healey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thirroul, NSW Australia : , : The Spinney Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-922084-91-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 60 pages) : charts, colour illustrations

Collana

Issues in Society ; ; volume 395

Disciplina

304.60994

Soggetti

Demography - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Population

Australia Population policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ch.1 Australia’s population projections -- Does size matter? – Population projections 20 and 50 years from 2013 -- Australian historical population statistics ‘ Australia’s population set to double to 46 million by 2075, projections show -- Australia’s population projections -- Why our ‘Big Australia’ is getting bigger -- Inner city areas have lowest birth rates -- Number of babies born in Australia increases for the first time in five years” Birth rate report -- Labour shortage predicted to hamper Australian economy -- Ch. 2 Challenges of population ageing -- The ageing of the Australian population: Triumph or disaster? -- How will Australia change over the next 40 years? -- Intergenerational report: Experts react -- Population growth could go far beyond IGR projections -- The tenuous link between population and prosperity -- Four ways to cope with Australia’s ageing population -- An ageing Australia: Preparing the future -- Ch. 3 The population debate -- Australia’s population -- 23 million and counting: Why Australia’s population outlook is the envy of the world -- Five reasons Australia should stay small -- Five reasons Australia should be ‘big’ -- Big Australia is making us poorer -- 250,000 migrants needed in Australia -- Hands, mouths and minds: Three perspectives on population  growth and living standards -- Population



v environment: The problems with a big Australia -- Does size matter? An economic perspective on the population debate -- Putting forward a reasoned view on Australian immigration -- Population is not the problem -- Exploring issues-worksheets and activities -- Fast facts.

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation.