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How population change will transform our world / Sarah Harper.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 21st century challengesPublisher: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxi, 234 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191086687
  • 0191086681
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: How population change will transform our world.DDC classification:
  • 304.62 23
LOC classification:
  • HB887 .H37 2016e
  • HB849.415
Online resources:
Contents:
The age narrative -- How did we get here? -- The grey burden -- Youth: peril or dividend? -- Too many children? -- Our future selves.
Summary: "Predicting the shape of our future populations is vital for installing the infrastructure, welfare, and provisions necessary for society to survive. There are many opportunities and challenges that will come with the changes in our populations over the 21st century. In this new addition to the 21st Century Challenges series, Sarah Harper works to dispel myths such as the fear of unstoppable global growth resulting in a population explosion, or that climate change will lead to the mass movement of environmental refugees; and instead considers the future shape of our populations in light of demographic trends in fertility, mortality, and migration, and their national and global impact. 'How Population Change Will Transform Our World' looks at population trends by region to highlight the key issues facing us in the coming decades, including the demographic inertia in Europe, demographic dividend in Asia, high fertility and mortality in Africa, the youth bulge in the Middle East, and the balancing act of migration in the Americas. Harper concludes with an analysis of global challenges we must plan for such as the impact of climate change and urbanization, and the difficulty of feeding 10 billion people, and considers ways in which we can prepare for, and mitigate against, these challenges"--Provided by publisher.
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Series statement from title details web page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 2, 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-232) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 2, 2019).

"Predicting the shape of our future populations is vital for installing the infrastructure, welfare, and provisions necessary for society to survive. There are many opportunities and challenges that will come with the changes in our populations over the 21st century. In this new addition to the 21st Century Challenges series, Sarah Harper works to dispel myths such as the fear of unstoppable global growth resulting in a population explosion, or that climate change will lead to the mass movement of environmental refugees; and instead considers the future shape of our populations in light of demographic trends in fertility, mortality, and migration, and their national and global impact. 'How Population Change Will Transform Our World' looks at population trends by region to highlight the key issues facing us in the coming decades, including the demographic inertia in Europe, demographic dividend in Asia, high fertility and mortality in Africa, the youth bulge in the Middle East, and the balancing act of migration in the Americas. Harper concludes with an analysis of global challenges we must plan for such as the impact of climate change and urbanization, and the difficulty of feeding 10 billion people, and considers ways in which we can prepare for, and mitigate against, these challenges"--Provided by publisher.

The age narrative -- How did we get here? -- The grey burden -- Youth: peril or dividend? -- Too many children? -- Our future selves.

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