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Autore |
Newbold K. Bruce <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Six billion plus : world population in the twenty-first century / / K. Bruce Newbold |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-80631-7 |
1-4616-4270-1 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Collana |
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Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Population forecasting |
Population geography |
Population - Environmental aspects |
Public health - Forecasting |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The World of Child Six Billion; 1 Fertility and State Policy; 2 The (Un?)Certainty of Death and Disease; 3 The Impact of HIV and AIDS; 4 Immigration : Closing or Opening the Door?; 5 Refugees, Asylees, and Internally Displaced Persons: The Growing Crisis; 6 Population, Economic Growth, Resources, and the Environment; 7 The Potential for Conflict; Conclusion: Five Demographic Forces That Will Shape the World; Glossary of Key Terms and Acronyms; Selected Bibliography |
Population WebsitesIndex; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This balanced text offers a concise and readable introduction to world population growth and its implications for the future. With a population currently exceeding six billion and expected to reach ten billion by mid-century, the globe faces a demographic situation that is now more critical than ever before. While the developed world grapples with the problems of an aging and declining population, the developing world will contend with the opposite dilemma of explosive growth. And so the strongest factors shaping the global environment in the decades to |
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