A series that focuses on the combined pressures of population growth & dwindling resources on our planet. Through geographical facts & figures, each book covers one global issue & combines physical & human geography to give readers an answer to difficult questions. These books explain how the global issues affect the life of the reader. ...

Provides an overview of demographic trends within the context of needs in such areas as transport, education & energy resources. This book provides commentary on issues such as fertility & population control; mortality & life expectancy; population structure & age dependency; population density & distribution; &, population migration. ...

Psychological thriller that concerns an idyllic town whose population of 436 has remained unchanged for 100 years. Sent to find the reason for such consistency, a census-taker, Steve Kady (Jeremy Sisto) finds that something sinister may be at h&. He becomes trapped in the prison-like town full of 'golden rules' that don't allow its population to drop below or exceed exactly 436 citizens, a number in accordance with ' God's Law'. He eventually learns that no one is ever allowed to leave Rockwell Falls & that the town citizens will do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo. ...

Areas of economics need evaluation of time streams of costs & benefits. Societies face long-term phenomena affecting these two, far into future like, demographic & climate change. These present challenges for policy makers in planning inter-temporal consumption paths to balance goals of efficiency & equity. This book explores these issues. ...

Guides the reader through the demographic transition's origins in the Enlightenment & Europe, through to the rest of the world. This title examines how its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth; helped to liberate women from the domestic domain; &, contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. ...

Shows how developing countries addresses the common difficulties of population growth, including mortality & fertility decline, population redistribution including internal migration & urbanization. This book covers some of the broader issues of population studies & development studies & the relationships between them. ...

Guides the reader through the demographic transition's origins in the Enlightenment & Europe, through to the rest of the world. This title examines how its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth; helped to liberate women from the domestic domain; &, contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. ...

How did people adjust imbalances between population & food? How did households respond to economic stress caused by the death of the father? In order to answer these questions this volume offers new evidence & develops new arguments by applying sophisticated methodologies to exploit new kinds of source material. ...