World Population Shifts : Boom or Doom?
Kevin F. McCarthy
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Santa Monica : : RAND Corporation, , 2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (46 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; PREFACE; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; World Population Shifts; Thesis; Overview; Where Are We Now?; How Did We Get There?; Model of Demographic Transition; Key Contributions of the Model; Structural Changes; Behavioral Changes; Where Does The World Stand?; Population Growth Will Be Concentrated; Overview; Demographic Pressures; Comparison of Ages Structures; Structural Pressures; Possible Responses by Developed Countries; Potential Implications; Overview; Using the U.S. as a Model; Central Questions About Immigration; Key Findings; Overview. - Malthus and the Desirability of Technological ChangeAre Economic Growth and a Clean Environment Compatible?; Conclusions (1); Conclusions (2). - This presentation examines population shifts in different parts of the world, their effects on the flow of people across borders, and potential responses by the developed world to growing immigration pressures.
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| ISBN | 083302941X
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