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Overcrowded world? : global population and international migration / Rainer Munz and Albert F. Reiterer ; translated by Julia Schweizer ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Münz, Rainer, 1954-
- Series:
- Sustainability project (London, England)
- Sustainability project
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demography.
- Overpopulation.
- Population aging.
- Population forecasting.
- Population--Economic aspects.
- Population.
- Population--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 324 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Haus, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How will manage the earth's population growth from today's 6.8 billion to 9 billion by 2050?.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Foreword
- Authors' Foreword
- 1 Introduction: Past, Present and Future of the Global Population
- 2 The Global Population from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times: Between "Nature" and "Culture"
- 3 The New Globalism: 1800 to 1950
- 4 1950 to 2050: Peak and Slowdown of Global Population Growth
- 5 Spatial Mobility and International Migration
- 6 Urbanization and Migration from Rural to Urban Areas
- 7 D emographic Politics, Family Planning, Reproductive Health
- 8 Health, Illness, and Death
- 9 From a Growing to an Aging Population
- 10 Too Many People?
- Selected Online Resources and Web Links
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- World Population 2006.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Wie schnell wachst die Zahl der Menschen? Weltbevolkerung und weltweite Migration.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-906598-58-4
- OCLC:
- 923701540
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