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Dick Smith's population crisis : the dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia.

Dick Smith's population crisis : the dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia.
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ISBN 9781742376578 (pbk) :
Author Smith, Dick, 1944- (author.)
Title Dick Smith's population crisis : the dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011.
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011.
Description 228 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
Note Formerly CIP.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226)
Contents Introduction: The people problem - how a growing population makes everything harder, for Australia and the world -- 1. Welcome to the world of exponential growth -- 2. The wide brown land is not as big as we imagine -- 3. The food dilemma - it'e either feast or famine -- 4. Dying for a drink -- 5. The future is blowin' in the wind -- 6. People and power - populatin increase and dwindling energy supplies -- 7. Fuelling the future- what are our energy options? -- 8. Risky business - climate change and population -- 9. Overshoot- too many people and too much stuff -- 10. Our addiction to exponential growth -- 11. The search for solutions- the girl effect -- The search for solutions- sharing the wealth -- 13. The search for solutions- curing the growth addiction -- 14. Summing it up- the state of the world today -- App. There is an alternative to runaway population- Kelvin Thomson's 14-point plan for population reform.
Summary In 2011 the world's population will exceed 7 billion. Each year we add nearly 80 million people and by mid-century we will require twice as much food and double the energy we use today. Australia will be deeply affected by these trends - we have the fastest growing population of any developed nation. These are the staggering facts that confronted Dick Smith. They set him on his crusade to alert us to the dangers of unsustainable growth. They are the facts that have convinced him that if we are to ensure the survival of our civilisation and the health of the planet then we must put a stop to population growth, now. As our cities continue their unrestrained growth, as we battle daily on crowded public transport and clogged freeways, and as we confront the reality of water and power shortages, Dick challenges the long-held myth that growth is good for us. But more importantly he offers ways for us to re-invent our economy, to reassess the way we live and to at least slow down that ticking clock. This is a provocative, powerful and urgent call to arms.
Subjects Overpopulation
Population -- Australia
Population -- Environmental aspects -- Australia
Population forecasting -- Australia
Australia -- Population -- Environmental aspects
Australia -- Population policy
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