K. Bruce Newbold

Six Billion Plus

World Population in the Twenty-first Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9780742539280
• ISBN-10: 0742539288
• Artikelnr.: 21281046

Autorenporträt

By K. Bruce Newbold

Inhaltsangabe

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