Is the world facing urgent questions regarding its population? Undoubtedly. But understanding the true nature of that urgency means going beyond the simplistic assumption that global population is expanding at an unacceptable rate. In fact, some industrialized nations are looking at debilitating population decreases, while elsewhere, population is being "controlled" not by policy or individual human choices, but by disease, war, and environmental disaster.
Geoffrey Gilbert is professor of economics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, focusing on population and poverty. His published works include ABC-CLIO's World Poverty: A Reference Handbook.
"Both high school and college-level collections strong in world social issues will find this an invaluable reference key to understanding and discussing some of the major issues associated with population trends and changes." - Midwest Book Review
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