Beyond six billion
Subtitle: forecasting the world's population
By: Panel on Population Projections, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.
Contributors: Bongaarts, John, 1945-; Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Population projections; Demographics
Genres: Non-fiction; World Affairs
Other titles: Beyond 6 billion
First sentence: "Future trends in population size, age structure, births, and other demographic variables are of interest to a wide range of analysts." (first sentence of Executive Summary)
Description: Beyond Six Billion's seven chapters assess population projections, including demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration, and the uncertainty of population forecasts and forecast errors.  Other population topics with assorted humanitarian, civilizational, or environmental implications, such as carrying capacities, limiting factors, and overshoot or collapse ramifications are largely, or in some cases entirely, absent, so that readers interested in the latter issues will need to turn to other sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Accuracy of Past Projections; title: Transitional Fertility; title: Posttransitional Fertility; title: Mortality; title: International Migration; title: The Uncertainty of Population Forecasts