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A compelling new analysis of world population issues and what the numbers tell us. . . .
With the world population now at 5.7 billion, and increasing by about 90 million per year, we have clearly entered a zone where we can see, and may well encounter, limits on the human carrying capacity of the Earth. In this penetrating analysis of one of the most crucial questions of our time, a leading scholar in the field reviews the history of world population growth and appraises what can be known about its future."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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The best thing about this book is that it doesn't answer the question asked in its title. At least not directly. Joel Cohen understands that nobody really knows how many people can fit on our planet, thanks to constant technological advances in areas like crop yield. He is rightly skeptical of the Malthusian doomsayers who constantly predict catastrophe, but also shows that current rates of population growth cannot continue forever. A more extended discussion of politics might have helped--China's horrific one-child rule barely comes up--but for an honest treatment of human population dynamics, this is a very good source.
About the Author
Joel E. Cohen is head of the Laboratory of Populations at the Rockefeller University. He lives in New York City.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0393314952
- ISBN 13 9780393314953
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages544
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