World Population : A Reference Handbook

by Gilbert, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9781851099276
• ISBN10: 1851099271
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-17
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

Exhaustively updated, this second edition provides a current assessment of world population and the range of economic, social, and environmental issues it raises.

Table of Contents

Preface,	xiii
1 World Population: An Overview,	1	(30)
Population Growth Rates,	3	(1)
Fertility,	4	(3)
Mortality,	7	(2)
World Population—Past,	9	(2)
World Population—Present,	11	(2)
World Population—Future,	13	(3)
Migration,	16	(2)
Urbanization,	18	(2)
Carrying Capacity,	20	(1)
Population Policies: Pronatalist,	20	(2)
Population Policies: Antinatalist,	22	(2)
Population Policy: China and India,	24	(2)
Global Population Policy,	26	(2)
References,	28	(3)
2 Problems and Controversies,	31	(24)
Malthus and Overpopulation Fears,	31	(2)
Modern Malthusians,	33	(1)
Population Optimists,	34	(1)
Problems of Population Density,	35	(2)
Population and the Environment,	37	(3)
Optimum Population,	40	(1)
The Great Population Slowdown,	41	(3)
Depopulation Worries,	44	(2)
Older and Older,	46	(2)
Problems of a Graying Population,	48	(1)
Pronatal Policies: Can They Work?,	49	(2)
References,	51	(4)
3 Special U.S. Issues,	55	(24)
Is the United States an Exceptional Nation, Demographically Speaking?,	55	(3)
What Makes American Fertility Different?,	58	(2)
The Graying of America,	60	(1)
Threat to Social Security Pensions,	61	(1)
Social Security Fixes,	62	(3)
Medicare and Medicaid,	65	(2)
International Family Planning: Early U.S. Support,	67	(2)
"Mexico City" and Abortion Politics,	69	(1)
Principle and Practice,	70	(2)
Fewer People, Declining Influence?,	72	(2)
Human Numbers—Not the Whole Story,	74	(2)
References,	76	(3)
4 Chronology,	79	(26)
References,	101	(4)
5 Biographical Sketches,	105	(28)
John Bongaarts (1945-),	105	(1)
Norman Borlaug (1914-),	106	(2)
Ester Boserup (1910-1999),	108	(1)
Lester R. Brown (1934-),	109	(1)
Joel E. Cohen (1944-),	110	(1)
Paul Demeny (1932-),	111	(1)
Nicholas Eberstadt (1955-),	112	(1)
Paul R. Ehrlich (1932-),	113	(1)
Werner Fornos (1933-),	114	(1)
He Kang (1923-),	115	(1)
Thomas Homer-Dixon (1956-),	116	(1)
Richard Jackson (1955-),	117	(1)
Wolfgang Lutz (1956-),	118	(1)
Carolyn B. Maloney (1948-),	119	(1)
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834),	119	(2)
Thoraya Obaid (1946-),	121	(1)
Walter Plowright (1923-),	121	(2)
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966),	123	(1)
Amartya K. Sen (1933-),	124	(1)
Julian L. Simon (1932-1998),	125	(1)
Steven W. Sinding (1943-),	126	(1)
Christopher H. Smith (1953-),	127	(2)
Marie Stopes (1880-1958),	129	(1)
M.S. Swaminathan (1925-),	129	(4)
Ben Wattenberg (1933-),	133	(1)
6 Statistics and Graphs,	133	(26)
7 Documents,	159	(52)
Essay on Population (1798),	159	(5)
Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and a Sustainable World: Joint Statement by the Royal Society of London and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (February 1992),	164	(5)
Warning to Humanity, November 18, 1992,	169	(5)
National Security Study Memorandum 200 (December 10, 1974),	174	(6)
World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision—Highlights,	180	(5)
Census Bureau Projects Doubling of Nation's Population by 2100,	185	(2)
World Population to 2300,	187	(4)
Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994,	191	(7)
World Population Policies 2003,	198	(4)
United Nations Principles for Older Persons,	202	(2)
Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,	204	(5)
References,	209	(2)
8 Directory of Organizations,	211	(20)
9 Selected Print and Nonprint Resources,	231	(42)
Monographs,	231	(17)
Handbooks, Yearbooks, and Data Sheets,	248	(3)
Nonprint Resources,	251	(19)
Contact Information for Video Distributors and Vendors,	270	(3)
Glossary,	273	(6)
Index,	279	(20)
About the Author,	299