The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population

by Vanessa Baird

Overview

No-Nonsense Guide to World Population (1/2 page)

With world population passing seven billion and predicted to hit nine billion by 2050, we are in the grip of a number panic. This book explodes some of the common myths, looks at what the numbers really mean, and addresses nine topics, such as why women in most parts of the world have fewer children, what will happen to our societies as we all live longer, and how having babies relates to climate change.

Vanessa Baird is co-editor at New Internationalist magazine. Her previous books include The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity and, as compiler and editor, Eye to Eye Women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906523466
Publisher:	New Internationalist
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Series:	No-Nonsense Guides
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)

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.

Table of Contents

• Foreword by David Satterthwaite
• Introduction

1. Are too many people being born?
2. A brief history of population
3. Being alive, staying alive - and growing old
4. A woman's body
5. For richer, for poorer
6. On the move
7. Population and climate change
8. How can we feed nine billion?
9. Wild things
10. Conclusion

• Resources
• Index