How Population Falls

The Consequences of a Shrinking Humanity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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For the first time in human history, the global population is predicted to peak in sixty years time and then decline permanently. This shift began in the 1960s when worldwide birth rates started falling, and over half the world's population now has fertility rates below replacement level. Dorling argues that current demographic discussions are dominated by right-wing narratives that frame population decline as catastrophic. In contrast he argues this decline as potentially positive, especially given environmental constraints and the unsustainability of infinite growth. A shrinking population would challenge core assumptions about economic systems, housing markets, and growth-based economics.How Population Falls begins by explaining where the fear of fewer people comes from and provides a progressive, optimistic framework for understanding demographic change in an era when such perspectives are largely absent from popular debate.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-26
Mått:153 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Verso Books
ISBN:9781836741107

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Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Oxford. He appears regularly on TV and radio, and writes for the Guardian, New Statesman and other papers. Among his books are Population 10 Billion; Inequality and the 1%; Shattered Nation, which was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses prize, and The Next Crisis.

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Magnificent, fascinating, empirical study of the great issues of our time. I would expect nothing less from the brilliant Professor Dorling.

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Chapter 1: A New FearSuper-tankers and socialistsThe Pied Piper and imaginationPredictions and projectionsChapter 2: Falling BirthsImagining the long-termIntroducing incentivesEgalitariansChapter 3: Rising DeathsBlueberriesDying on the ToiletGetting oldChapter 4: Race and ClassSpace and timeThe anxious parent clubThe limits of povertyChapter 5: Refugees and ExpatsThe UN leaves New YorkIndigenous to migrantThe poorest placesChapter 6: Friends and LoversThe ideal number of childrenAgeing and relationshipsFuture friends and loversChapter 7: Neighbours and GreedHuddled massesSmart but selfishMind the gapChapter 8: Home and CohortWho owns our home?Making housing expensiveClimate and safetyChapter 9: The SexesIt is what it is - for nowFluid and shiftingArtificial humansChapter 10: ConclusionPronatalism scepticsWhere everyone grows tall