Earth's growing population /
Material type: TextSeries: Headline issuesPublication details: Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2009Description: 32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cmISBN: 9781432924126 :; 9780435995300Subject(s): Population -- Juvenile literature | Overpopulation -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: JN 363.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library Junior Nonfiction (JN) | JN 363.9 .C444 2009 | Available | 20481 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Population in the spotlight -- Farming fails to feed the people -- Cities bursting at the seams -- Worries over water -- Hygiene and sanitation -- Housing hotspots hit the headlines -- People put a strain on power -- Rush of people puts squeeze on jobs -- Poor health care punishes populations -- War puts pressure on populations -- Education for a stable population -- Many nations need more people -- Getting involved.
Presents the issue of overpopulation, discussing the effect that population growth has had on food supply, water resources, urban housing, sanitation and hygiene, healthy care, and the standard of living in different countries throughout the world.