Population 10 Billion by Dorling, Danny -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents 1. Introduction: stop worrying

Discovering a new world After the Tsunami, being a ‘possibilist’ The long-range forecast Fibonacci’s rabbits Lessons from ‘Coconut Land’

2. The first half of human history

Stepping on the gas How many of us were there? Doom-mongering through the ages The value of labour Apocalypse then

3. 6 billion for the millennium

The science of slums Migration and consumption Demography and deniers Carrying capacity Peak everything

4. 7 billion in December 2011

Forecast and project Riot and disorder Energy and equality Future fear Village people

5. 8 billion by the quarter century (2025)

Food and farming Water, water everywhere No marriage city Learning not to be stupid Meritocracy for the masses?

6. 9 billion by 2045

Passports and pass-books An urban world An unequal world The super-rich The super-poor

7. 10 billion?

Rare earth Punctuated equilibrium Deciding to have children Ageing and learning to share The new world geography

8. Or not 10 billion

Forecasting the end of times Population decline The last baby boom The politics of hope The history of the future

Afterword Acknowledgements References Index

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