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Examines world population rates, offering analyses of what the population will be fifty, one hundred, and three hundred years from now and arguing that homelessness, malnutrition, and overcrowding are problems that need to be addressed today before they become unsolvable.
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This book explains that population pressures have contributed to Africa's poverty but also examines other contributing factors, such as changes in climate, rapid urbanization, poor governance, and the exodus of talented people thereby forestalling a strong entrepreneurial class.
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This book explores whether the statistical information that the population, at the current rate of annual increase, will reach a whopping 9.5 billion people by 2050 is cause for alarm, examining the issues of feeding such a population, sustaining natural resources, and having living space on Earth.
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Population Growth, discusses how people manage the population explosion, improve healthcare, empower women, distribute resources, and limit population growth. Additional features include: a table of contents, glossary, index, color photographs, maps, charts, and graphs, quotations from environmental experts, case studies, and websites for further exploration.
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The concept of population is a significant aspect of geography. This Miniclip defines and explains what population density is and shows students how to calculate it with simple mathematics. Using China as a case study, students will learn how the physical geography of countries influences where people live and how access to resources dictates the population density of regions.
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Demographers anticipate that the human population will increase to 10 billion people sometime before the year 2050. Can we feed, clothe, house, and find jobs for this many people? At the same time, can we protect remaining habitats to ensure global diversity of life, a key to human survival? The problems are already significant. Human developments are gobbling up key natural resources, destroying ecosystems, and reducing the amount of agricultural...