Overcrowded World : Global Population and International Migration.

How will manage the earth's population growth from today's 6.8 billion to 9 billion by 2050?

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Main Author: Munz, Rainer
Other Authors: Reiterer, Albert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Haus Publishing, 2011.
Series:Sustainability Project.
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505 0 |a CONTENTS; editor's foreword; Authors' Foreword; 1 Introduction: Past, Present and Future of the Global Population; Population: what is it?; Demography and human geography; From "Adam and Eve" to nine billion; Prognosis or projections?; Problems facing the rich and poor societies of our world; Growing global imbalances; 2 The Global Population from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times: Between "Nature" and "Culture; The prehistory of humankind; Evolution and proliferation of humanity:the past 130,000 year; The Neolithic Revolution; The first civilizations; First censuses. 
505 8 |a Global population in the ancient worldThe Middle Ages: population starts to grow; A great leap forward -- but not everywhere; Europe; 3 The New Globalism: 1800 to 1950; Growth and population distribution; Social modernization and a shift in mortality; The mortality crisis on the decline; Fertility differences in Europe level off; Asia and Africa; Demographic transition: European innovation andglobal diffusion; Newborns to "Quality Kids"; 4 1950 to 2050: Peak and Slowdown of Global Population Growth; Dynamics of growth; Global decline in numbers of children. 
505 8 |a Significant drops in fertility in Asia and Latin AmericaHigh fertility in Africa; Highly developed regions -- low number of children; Europe: the continent with the lowest numberof children; Delayed slowdown in growth; Enhanced reproductive age -- lower number of children; Mortality is declining almost everywhere; Reduced infant and child mortality; Rising life expectancy; From births and deaths to population growth; Northern and Southern hemispheres: variablepopulation growth; A shift in the demographic balance; Differences between the continents; From a growing to a shrinking population? 
505 8 |a In sum: how many people have ever lived?5 Spatial Mobility and International Migration; Colonization and migration in the ancient world; Germanic, Slavic, and Asiatic "tribal" migrations; What became of the conquerors and conquered?; The Modern Era: Europe's colonial and demographicexpansion; Intra-European migration between the IndustrialRevolution and the Great Depression; Deportation, forced migration, and "ethnic cleansing"; Decolonization and postcolonial migration; Labor migration; Political refugees and ethnically privileged migrants; Irregular migration to Europe. 
505 8 |a Elite migration -- retirement migrationGlobal migration in the 20th and early 21st centuries; Migrants in traditional immigration countries; Europe -- the new immigration continent; Europe and North America compared; Prospects for the 21st century; 6 Urbanization and Migration from Rural to Urban Areas; The city in history; Three stages of urban development; Large cities are dependent on migrants; Urbanization in developing and newly industrializedcountries; From the countryside to the urban world of the slums; Global urbanization; Megacities and global cities; Incentives to migrate to the city. 
505 8 |a 7 Demographic Politics, Family Planning, Reproductive Health. 
520 |a How will manage the earth's population growth from today's 6.8 billion to 9 billion by 2050? 
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650 0 |a Overpopulation. 
650 0 |a Population aging. 
650 0 |a Population forecasting. 
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650 0 |a Population  |x Social aspects. 
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