03306nam 2200673 450 991079089880332120200520144314.01-299-80631-71-4616-4270-1(CKB)2550000001142468(EBL)1354863(OCoLC)869090633(SSID)ssj0000985059(PQKBManifestationID)12396245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985059(PQKBWorkID)11015994(PQKB)11360366(MiAaPQ)EBC1354863(Au-PeEL)EBL1354863(CaPaEBR)ebr11142854(CaONFJC)MIL511882(EXLCZ)99255000000114246820160129h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSix billion plus world population in the twenty-first century /K. Bruce NewboldSecond edition.Lanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2007.©20071 online resource (262 p.)Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and ApplicationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-3929-6 0-7425-3928-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 BibliographyPopulation WebsitesIndex; About the AuthorThis 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 come will include population fertility, Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and ApplicationsPopulation forecastingPopulation geographyPopulationEnvironmental aspectsPublic healthForecastingPopulation forecasting.Population geography.PopulationEnvironmental aspects.Public healthForecasting.363.9Newbold K. Bruce1964-1092837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790898803321Six billion plus3790540UNINA