Product Description: A comprehensive sustainable development series covering topical issues in a clear, factual way. It highlights relevant global issues that students can relate to their own lives. It is suitable for report writing and topic work.

Examines the historical patterns and demographics of population growth, and discusses how improved sanitation and medical care have influenced population trends

Examines the historical and contemporary causes of world overpopulation and reviews some of the difficulties in dealing with the problem.

Presents opposing viewpoints on overpopulation, its causes, its possible effect on the earth, and whether it should be controlled

Discusses the economic, political, and moral aspects of global overpopulation and the subsequent pressures placed on the world's natural resources and life support systems

Studies the effects of uncontrolled population growth on the global environment, which results in dangerous pressures on natural resources, wildlife, air, water, and living space.

Considers the global consequences of continued population growth and the various options for dealing with its impact on the environment and natural resources

Discusses our continually increasing population, its causes and consequences, and efforts by governments and individuals to control its growth