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Population and Development
Many experts believe that population growth is the greatest threat facing humanity. Others argue that the link between population growth and insecurity is unproven. This book discusses both sides of this debate, examining the way the arguments have changed and evolved, and questioning the assumptions of the main protagonists.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1997
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Frank Furedi
69 books92 followersFrank Furedi is a professor of sociology at the University of Kent, UK.
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November 13, 2021
I tend to think that the Population Bomb is the real issue!
And the unwillingness of people to have tackled it before, during, and after the Cold War, is one of the largest long-term security threats to Western Civilization.
Now we tackle the issue in odd ways, no longer Zero Population Growth, but the Climate Emergency, which only pushes the one problem down the line, whilst ignoring the other one.
Just watch the World Population clock hit another billion
As Spaceship Earth is merely a fancy little elevator with no strength test performed on those elevator cables just yet....
And the unwillingness of people to have tackled it before, during, and after the Cold War, is one of the largest long-term security threats to Western Civilization.
Now we tackle the issue in odd ways, no longer Zero Population Growth, but the Climate Emergency, which only pushes the one problem down the line, whilst ignoring the other one.
Just watch the World Population clock hit another billion
As Spaceship Earth is merely a fancy little elevator with no strength test performed on those elevator cables just yet....
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