Peoplequake
Subtitle: mass migration, ageing nations and the coming population crash
By: Fred Pearce
Publisher: Eden Project Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781905811342
Subjects: Population; Demography; Population forecasting
Description: "Wherever we look, population is the driver of the most toxic issues on the political agenda. But while prominent voices cry out for population control, few realise that the population bomb is already being defused. Half the world's women are having two children or fewer. Within a generation, the world's population will be falling. And we will all be getting very old. So should we welcome the return to centre stage of the tribal elders? Or is humanity facing a fate worse than environmental apocalypse? Brilliant, heretical and accessible to all, Fred Pearce takes on the matter that is fundamental to who we are and how we live, confronting our demographic demons."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.