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Six billion plus : world population in the twenty-first century / / K. Bruce Newbold



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Autore: Newbold K. Bruce <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Six billion plus : world population in the twenty-first century / / K. Bruce Newbold Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2007
©2007
Edizione: Second edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina: 363.9
Soggetto topico: Population forecasting
Population geography
Population - Environmental aspects
Public health - Forecasting
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 come will include population fertility,
Titolo autorizzato: Six billion plus  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-80631-7
1-4616-4270-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819776703321
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Serie: Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications