Six Billion Plus
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...
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Recognizing that world population growth will be explosive well into the twenty-first century, Six Billion Plus offers a geographical and global perspective on the profound implications of this trend. This compact, balanced, and accessible text focuses on the key factors that will shape the global environment in the decades to come, including population fertility, epidemics like HIV/AIDS, legal and illegal immigration, refugee flows, scarce resources, and the potential for conflict. This fully updated edition will be an invaluable resource for all readers concerned with the intertwined issues of population, environment, and health.
Introduction : the world of child six billion11Fertility and state policy172The (un?)certainty of death and disease493The impact of HIV and AIDS734Immigration : closing or opening the door?1015Refugees, asylees, and internally displaced persons : the growing crisis1416Population, economic growth, resources, and the environment1657The potential for conflict193Conclusion : five demographic forces that will shape the world215
\ Progress In Human Geography\ An impressive synthesis of a large amount of material, put together in a way that will challenge and interest undergraduates. Overall, the book achieves its aims clearly and succinctly and is a sound introduction to contemporary population issues.\ \ \ \ \ Ecsp ReportAn insightful and accessible book that provides an overview of global population issues from a geographical perspective. Its impact on the field could be substantial.\ \
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