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Author
Publisher
Insight Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
The United Nations has stated that the 1990s are the last possible decade for regulating fertility rates so that populations do not grow beyond the earth's capacity to sustain human life. Demographic experts are confounded by the persistence of high fertility in light of a number of circumstances that were expected to cause a decline, such as international dissemination of technical assistance and capital; improved health care conditions to lower...
Author
Series
Modern Middle East volume no. 21
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Series
Asian Education and Development Studies volume Volume 6 Number 2
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Series
International comparative social studies volume 25
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformation. As the world nears 8 billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged societies in human history. At the same time, the world's poorest and least powerful countries are suffocating under an imbalance of population and resources. In 8 Billion and Counting, political demographer...
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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Predicting the shape of our future populations is vital for installing the infrastructure, welfare, and provisions necessary for society to survive. There are many opportunities and challenges that will come with the changes in our populations over the 21st century. In this new addition to the 21st Century Challenges series, Sarah Harper works to dispel myths such as the fear of unstoppable global growth resulting in a population explosion, or that...
