Contributions

  • Bongaarts, John, 1945- - Contributor
  • Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944- - Contributor

Publication

2000 - National Academy Press, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

59,000 words, Guess

Page Count

236 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100309069904
  • ISBN-139780309069908
  • LibraryThing5447827
  • Goodreads2502379
  • Library of Congress Control Number00009983
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Classifications

  • DDC304.6/2/0112
  • LCCHB849.53 .N385 2000

Alternate Titles

  • Beyond 6 billion

First Sentence

"Future trends in population size, age structure, births, and other demographic variables are of interest to a wide range of analysts." (first sentence of Executive Summary)

Description

Beyond Six Billion's seven chapters assess population projections, including demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration, and the uncertainty of population forecasts and forecast errors. Other population topics with assorted humanitarian, civilizational, or environmental implications, such as carrying capacities, limiting factors, and overshoot or collapse ramifications are largely, or in some cases entirely, absent, so that readers interested in the latter issues will need to turn to other sources.

Subjects

Topics

Genres

  • Non-fiction

Other Editions

  • Beyond six billion: forecasting the world's populationNational Academy Press2000-01-01

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