Beyond six billion : forecasting the world's population /

The National Academy Press (NAP) presents the full text of the 2000 book "Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population." The book focuses on the projections that world population growth is slowing. The editors, John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao, investigate the reasons b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Other Authors: Bongaarts, John, 1945-, Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Population forecasting.
Prévision démographique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Population forecasting
Entwicklung
Prognose
Weltbevölkerung
Wereldbevolking.
Bevolkingsprognoses.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Accuracy of Past Projections
  • 3 Transitional Fertility
  • 4 Posttransition Fertility
  • 5 Mortality
  • 6 International Migration
  • 7 The Uncertainty of Population Forecasts
  • Biographical Sketches
  • Index
  • APPENDIX A Computer Software Packages for Projecting Population
  • APPENDIX B Accuracy of Population Projections from the 1970s to the 1990s
  • APPENDIX C Predicting the Pace of Fertility Decline
  • APPENDIX D The Effect of Projection Error in Life ExpectancyAPPENDIX E Simulating Migration Projections
  • APPENDIX F Estimating Expected Errors from Past Errors

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