Full Description
Population has always been an emotive topic. Understandably - it's about sex, birth and death. It's about food, money, culture and religion. And it's also a political hot potato that sprouts myths by the minute. This book takes a level-headed look at what the numbers and projections really mean; why women in most parts of the world are having fewer children; what will happen to our societies as we all live longer; and what having babies has to do with climate change.
Contents
Foreword by David Satterthwaite, Introduction, Are too many people being born?, A brief history of population, Being alive, staying alive- and growing old, A woman's body, For richer,for poorer, On the move, Population and climate change, How can we feed nine billion? Wild Things, Conclusion, Resources, Index
