World Population: Past, Present, & Future by Manuel Alfonseca

World Population: Past, Present, & Future by Manuel Alfonseca

World Population: Past, Present, & Future uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate in depth on important aspects of the evolution of world population not well addressed previously. The authors from the Universidad Autonoma, Madrid (Spain), professors Julio A Gonzalo, Manuel Alfonseca, and Félix-Fernando Muñoz, point out that the recent pronounced growth in world population (accompanied by an even more pronounced growth in agricultural production) was due mainly to the increase of life expectancy and not to the (inexistent) growth in fertility rate. Using a "rate equations" approach for the first time, they describe population trends and forecast the possibility of steps up (or down) in population rather than the exponential growth predicted by UN demographers around 1985 and thereafter. This book provides a new perspective that our planet is not overpopulated and could, in fact, house a considerably larger population.

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ISBN 13	9789813140998
ISBN 10	9813140992
Title	World Population: Past, Present, & Future
Author	Manuel Alfonseca
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Year published	2016-07-15
Number of pages	176
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