The Global Baby Bust. Phillip Longman.
by Longman, Phillip; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 14Environment. Publisher: Foreign Affairs, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Aging -- Economic aspects | Childbirth -- Statistics | Demographic transition | Fertility -- Human -- Statistics | Human capital | Population | Population forecastingDDC classification: 050 Summary: A close "look at demographic trends shows that the rate of world population growth has fallen by more than 40 percent since the late 1960s. And forecasts by the UN and other organizations show that, even in the absence of major wars or pandemics, the number of human beings on the planet could well start to decline within the lifetime of today's [2004] children. Demographers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis predict that human population will peak (at 9 billion) by 2070 and then start to contract." (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) This article analyzes the reasons for this decline in population growth and examines the impact this will have upon the world.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Global Baby Bust, May/June 2004; pp. 64-79.
A close "look at demographic trends shows that the rate of world population growth has fallen by more than 40 percent since the late 1960s. And forecasts by the UN and other organizations show that, even in the absence of major wars or pandemics, the number of human beings on the planet could well start to decline within the lifetime of today's [2004] children. Demographers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis predict that human population will peak (at 9 billion) by 2070 and then start to contract." (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) This article analyzes the reasons for this decline in population growth and examines the impact this will have upon the world.
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