The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population
Author: Vanessa Baird
Are we heading for a population ‘explosion’? How many people can the planet sustain?
Foreword, Contents and Introduction
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'Joins other jargon-busting titles in challenging inflammatory headlines and going straight for the facts.' - The Big Issue.
With world population passing 7 billion and predicted to hit 9 billion by 2050 we are in the grip of a number panic. This book looks at what the numbers mean; why women in most parts of the world have fewer children; what will happen to our societies as we all live; and how having babies relates to climate change.
A concise and balanced guide to the past, present and future of population written by a previous No-Nonsense Guide author and co-editor at the New Internationalist. Ideal for students, academics and anyone interested in the growing issues surrounding world population, climate change, human rights and the future of the world.
About the Author: Vanessa Baird has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 1986. Previous books include, as compiler and editor, Eye to Eye Women and The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity.
In other media...
Vanessa’s Why population hysteria is more damaging than it seems in the Guardian.
Vanessa sets matters straight in World population could double in the Telegraph.
| Format: | Paperback |
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| Dimensions: | 180 mm x 110 mm |
| Page extent: | 144 |
| Publication date: | 1 September 2011 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-906523-46-6 |
Date added: July 28, 2010
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