The Future Population of the World: What can we assume today Contributor(s): Lutz, Wolfgang (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415853702 ISBN-13: 9780415853705 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Nature | Ecology |
Dewey: 304.6 |
Series: Health and Population Set |
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.61 lbs) 526 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 'An excellent basis for thinking about the future of the world's population. Every contributor to the population-environment debate needs to read the demographic sense the book contains and lecturers in population matters around the globe should recommend it to their students' 'The most authoritative assessment available of the extent to which population is likely to grow' 'Lutz and his colleagues at IIASA have done a masterful job of presenting and explaining the dominant approach to forecasting the world's population and the population of its 12 main regions' 'Immensely readable ... highly recommended' The highly acclaimed The Future Population of the World contains the most authoritative assessment available of the extent to which population is likely to grow over the next 50 to 100 years. The book provides a thorough analysis of all the components of population change and translates these factors into a series of projections for the population of the world's regions. This revised and updated version incorporates completely new scenario projections based on updating starting values and revised assumptions, plus several methodological improvements. It also contains the best currently available information on global trends in AIDS mortality and the first ever fully probabilistic world population projections. Combining methodological innovation with overviews of the most recent data and literature, this updated edition of The Future Population of the World is sure to conform its reputation as the most comprehensive and essential publication in the field. Wolfgang Lutz is leader of the Population Project at IIASA and lecturer at the University of Vienna. Originally published in 1996 |