Is the Planet Full?

Edited by Ian Goldin

• Includes ten leading authors from ten different disciplines
• Examines the intended and unintended consequences of population and economic growth
• Long term and context-driven perspectives that subverts commonplace assumptions about population impacts on growth, consumption, and development
• Provides new insights which aim to inform thinking and policy on critical population, economic, social, and environmental systems

Is the Planet Full?

Edited by Ian Goldin

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Is the Planet Full?

Edited by Ian Goldin

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Is the Planet Full?

Edited by Ian Goldin

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Is the Planet Full?

Edited by Ian Goldin

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Food security in the twenty-first century

There are currently about 7 billion people on Earth and by the middle of this century the number will most likely be between 9 and 10 billion. A greater proportion of these people will in real terms be wealthier than they are today and will demand a varied diet requiring greater resources in its production. Increasing demand for food will coincide with supply-side pressures: greater competition for water, land, and energy, and the accelerating effects of climate change.

Posted on April 22, 2015

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Post-Hay Festival blues

By Kate Farquhar-Thomson Despite the wet and muddy conditions that met me at Hay, and stayed with me throughout the week, the enthusiasm of the crowd never dwindled. Nothing, it seems, keeps a book lover away from their passion to hear, meet, and have their book signed by their favourite author.

Posted on June 14, 2014

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Looking forward to the Hay Festival 2014

By Kate Farquhar-Thomson Every year since I can remember, I find myself in England's famous book town for the excellent Hay Festival. Now in its 27th year the eponymous book festival can be found nestling under canvass for 11 days in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Posted on May 14, 2014

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Is the planet full?

Is the planet full? Can the world continue to support a growing population estimated to reach 10 billion people by the middle of the century? And how can we harness the benefits of a healthier, wealthier and longer-living population?

Posted on May 3, 2014

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