num_pages: 544
description: 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.
language: English
title: How Many People Can the Earth Support?
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company