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World Population: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

World Population: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

by Geoffrey Gilbert (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

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Synopsis

Exhaustively updated, this second edition provides a current assessment of world population and the range of economic, social, and environmental issues it raises.


* Primary documents including Warning to Humanity, November 18, 1992 from the Union of Concerned Scientists, which warns of the perils of continued population growth among the poorer nations and continued overconsumption by the richer ones

* A chronology of population milestones, such as the 1968 publication by the Sierra Club of Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb, which built public awareness of the effects of rapid population increase

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 298
 Edition: 2nd Revised edition
 Publisher: ABC-CLIO Ltd
Published: 15 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 1851099271
ISBN 13: 9781851099276
Book Overview: Is the world facing urgent questions regarding its population? Undoubtedly. But understanding the true nature of that urgency means going beyond the simplistic assumption that global population is expanding at an unacceptable rate. In fact, some industrialized nations are looking at debilitating population decreases, while elsewhere, population is being controlled not by policy or individual human choices, but by disease, war, and environmental disaster.

Media Reviews
Both high school and college-level collections strong in world social issues will find this an invaluable reference key to understanding and discussing some of the major issues associated with population trends and changes. - Midwest Book Review
Author Bio

Geoffrey Gilbert is professor of economics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, focusing on population and poverty. His published works include ABC-CLIO's World Poverty: A Reference Handbook.