Six Billion Plus - World Population in the Twenty-First Century

Informationen zum Autor K. Bruce Newbold is professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences and director of the McMaster Institute of Environment and Health at McMaster University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Offers a geographical and global perspective on the implications of world population growth. This text focuses on the key factors that shape the global environment. It is useful for readers concerned with the intertwined issues of population! environment! and health. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The World of Child Six Billion Chapter 2 Fertility and State Policy Chapter 3 The (Un?)Certainty of Death and Disease Chapter 4 The Impact of HIV and AIDS Chapter 5 Immigration: Closing or Opening the Door? Chapter 6 Refugees, Asylees, and IDPS: The Growing Crisis Chapter 7 Population, Economic Growth, Resources, and the Environment Chapter 8 The Potential for Conflict Chapter 9 Conclusion: Five Demographic Forces That Will Shape the World

Product details

• Authors: K Bruce Newbold, K. Bruce Newbold, Newbold K. Bruce
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2006
• EAN: 9780742539297
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3929-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Human Geography in the New Mil; Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Population & demography, Population and Demography