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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...
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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.
4) African Americans by the numbers: understanding and interpreting statistics on African American life
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Presents statistical analyses outlining the condition of African Americans relative to other races and ethnicities and highlights social, economic and political disparities.