World population : a reference handbook / Geoffrey Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1948-

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Contemporary world issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Population.

Population--Statistics.

Demography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Demography.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2005]

Contents:

1 World Population: An Overview 1

Population Growth Rates 3

Fertility 4

Mortality 7

World Population-Past 9

World Population-Present 11

World Population-Future 13

Migration 16

Urbanization 18

Carrying Capacity 20

Population Policies: Pronatalist 20

Population Policies: Antinatalist 22

Population Policy: China and India 24

Global Population Policy 26

2 Problems and Controversies 31

Malthus and Overpopulation Fears 31

Modern Malthusians 33

Population Optimists 34

Problems of Population Density 35

Population and the Environment 37

Optimum Population 40

The Great Population Slowdown 41

Depopulation Worries 44

Older and Older 46

Problems of a Graying Population 48

Pronatal Policies: Can They Work? 49

3 Special U.S. Issues 55

Is the United States an Exceptional Nation, Demographically Speaking? 55

What Makes American Fertility Different? 58

The Graying of America 60

Threat to Social Security Pensions 61

Social Security Fixes 62

Medicare and Medicaid 65

International Family Planning: Early U.S. Support 67

"Mexico City" and Abortion Politics 69

Principle and Practice 70

Fewer People, Declining Influence? 72

Human Numbers-Not the Whole Story 74

John Bongaarts (1945-) 105

Norman Borlaug (1914-) 106

Ester Boserup (1910-1999) 108

Lester R. Brown (1934-) 109

Joel E. Cohen (1944-) 110

Paul Demeny (1932-) 111

Nicholas Eberstadt (1955-) 112

Paul R. Ehrlich (1932-) 113

Werner Fornos (1933-) 114

He Kang (1923-) 115

Thomas Homer-Dixon (1956-) 116

Richard Jackson (1955-) 117

Wolfgang Lutz (1956-) 118

Carolyn B. Maloney (1948-) 119

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) 119

Thoraya Obaid (1946-) 121

Walter Plowright (1923-) 121

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) 123

Amartya K. Sen (1933-) 124

Julian L. Simon (1932-1998) 125

Steven W. Sinding (1943-) 126

Christopher H. Smith (1953-) 127

Marie Stopes (1880-1958) 129

M. S. Swaminathan (1925-) 129

Ben Wattenberg (1933-) 133

6 Statistics and Graphs 133

7 Documents 159

Essay on Population (1798) 159

Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and a Sustainable World: Joint Statement by the Royal Society of London and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (February 1992) 164

Warning to Humanity, November 18, 1992 169

National Security Study Memorandum 200 (December 10, 1974) 174

World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision-Highlights 180

Census Bureau Projects Doubling of Nation's Population by 2100 185

World Population to 2300 187

Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994 191

World Population Policies 2003 198

United Nations Principles for Older Persons 202

Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 204

8 Directory of Organizations 211

9 Selected Print and Nonprint Resources 231

Monographs 231

Handbooks, Yearbooks, and Data Sheets 248

Nonprint Resources 251

Contact Information for Video Distributors and Vendors 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851099271

185109928X

OCLC:

64487104

Publisher Number:

9781851099276

Online:

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