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OUR SHRINKING PLANET
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Massimo Livi Bacci, David Broder (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£50.00 |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1509515836 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781509515837 |
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| Publisher: |
POLITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 October, 2017 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
In the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2. 5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers but the fact that growth will be highly uneven. |
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In the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2.5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers but the fact that growth will be highly uneven. Whereas rich countries will see aging populations with little growth, populations in poor countries will double or even triple, with a much higher percentage of young people. Against this backdrop, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci examines the implications of this disproportionate demographic development for domestic social stability, international migration flows, the balance of power among nations and the natural environment. Covering 10,000 years of human history, from the beginning of the Stone Age to the present, Livi Bacci shows how the space available for every inhabitant of the planet has decreased by a factor of a thousand. Limits to the world's capacity which once seemed a remote issue are now among the most pressing issues we face, and the need to create effective global mechanisms for sustainable development is now more urgent than ever. Going beyond the demographic data to tackle questions concerning the environment, sustainability and economic development, Our Shrinking Planet will be an invaluable text for students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as for any reader concerned by the moral and ethical implications of an ever more crowded planet. |
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UK |
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Polity Press |
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Returnable |
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