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Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash [Paperback]

Fred Pearce (Author)
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Publication Date: 5 Feb 2010

Wherever we look, population is the driver of the most toxic issues on the political agenda. But while prominent voices cry out for population control, few realise that the population bomb is already being defused. Half the world's women are having two children or fewer. Within a generation, the world's population will be falling. And we will all be getting very old.

So should we welcome the return to centre stage of the tribal elders? Or is humanity facing a fate worse than environmental apocalypse?

Brilliant, heretical and accessible to all, Fred Pearce takes on the matter that is fundamental to who we are and how we live, confronting our demographic demons.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Eden Project Books; First Edition edition (5 Feb 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1905811349
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905811342
  • Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 3.4 x 23.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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With his usual clarity and dash Fred Pearce brings us the best news we've heard in 10,000 years - that the human population should soon level out, at a number that should be quite manageable; and some of the problems that may seem so dire in truth are assets - including the rise in average age and the increase in migration. This isn't wishful thinking - it's hard science. And it changes everything. (Colin Tudge )

Peoplequake is a debate-shaping book. Sobre, fascinating, it redraws the boundaries of the population debate. Pearce points out that the Earth could adequately meet the needs of a bigger population, but only once natural resources are shared more equally and managed using ecological

principles. The population bomb would defuse itself even quicker if we tackled over-consumption by the rich instead of fretting about the poor having children. This brilliant book's insights could save many lives and stop many more from suffering.

(Andrew Simms, Policy Director at the New Economics Forum )

What a wonderfully rich and humane book! As a generation of newly-empowered women sweeps away our wrongheaded Malthusian nightmare, Fred Pearce demonstrates persuasively that the end of the population surge may well usher in a new era of ethnic tolerance, increased global integration and a period of kinder and more nurturing governance. (Ross Gelbspan, author of THE HEAT IS ON and BOILING POINT )

Fearless and well-informed; every paragraph crackles. Pearce evokes past and present with vivid detail and startlingly coherent insight. (Jesse H. Ausubel, Director of the Program for the Human Environment and Senior Research Associate at The Rockefeller University )

One of Britain's most prolific and entertaining science writers (Danny Fortson The Sunday Times )

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A groundbreaking book that reveals the truth about population levels, and where they will take us in the future.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read This Book 29 July 2010
By robot
Format:Paperback
a hugely important summary of the demographic challenges facing the next 3 generations .
and they are certainly not what people think they are .
I've given this to all mine and my partners children with strict instructions to read .
and then to pass on to their partners and friends .
I've never recommended a book so strongly .
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2.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic Sensation Mongering 23 Nov 2010
By Morten Lintrup
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Well, Fred Pearce can write. No doubt about that. And write fast, I suppose, since this book appears very simplistic. Initially the Irish potato famine is described to set the scene. Pearce tells the story he likes to tell, but please take the trouble to read J S Donnelly (The Great Irish Potato Famine) for the real, balanced story! Pearce's presentation of concepts like biofuel and demographic transition are likewise simplistic and skewed. Downright funny is his dismissal of of Meadows and al., Limits to Growth from a. 1970: The[ir] main model run showed business continuing as usual till about 2010. After that, 'as resource prices rise and mines are depleted, more and more capital must be used for obtaining resources, leaving less to be invested for [...]'. Well, might not Peak Oil fit that prediction remarkably well? No reflection on that by Fred Pearce! - More scary is that Pearce takes for granted that the rest of the world should just give way and surrender the world to the overly fecund. Sure, a demographic collapse in a country with 8 to 12-fold population increase within just a few generations could be Hell on Earth - but need it really be the end of the world? Not living in such a country myself, I could easily see the world live through such events and emerge in better shape eventually. - For a more balanced and not so sensational, but still popular account of modern world demograhics, read 'More' by Robert Engelman instead.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping 4 April 2010
By Beambridge
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I read an excerpt of this book in the Guardian Weekly and almost immediately went and bought it. It's a fascinating read, albeit a little sensationalist at times (well, the author's a journalist - what should I expect?). Really enjoyed the survey of population theorists and government population campaigns - the facts and figures are astounding and often shocking. I've had difficulty putting it down - a recommended read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Could Open an Intelligent Debate on Population
As an optimist by nature I've been listening for some years to the panic over immigration, longer life spans and fewer births but was unfazed by the situation. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Val
5.0 out of 5 stars Have your preconceptions challenged
I read this because it had been recommended by Stewart Brand and I'm glad I didn't let the negative reviews sway me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Gerry Gaughan
3.0 out of 5 stars An optimistic view
Pearce manages to write in such a way that will, for the most part, hold your interest, but his propensity for case studies and circumstantial, anecdotal evidence weakens the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Talwyn Hawkins
4.0 out of 5 stars A fresh air of a book
Reading this book reminds me of another book I read last year, The Rational Optimist. They can be probably filed under the genre of `things are not that bad' genre of social and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing
This is an engaging and easy-to-read take on the current state of world population.
As someone who would describe myself as an environmentalist, I read a lot of very... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. John J. Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Have just finished this enlightening book. it ought to be a must read for senior school pupils. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Published 17 months ago by Ralph Dexter
1.0 out of 5 stars You only read twice
Great book but why the hell is it published by two publishers under two completely different titles? Read more
Published 22 months ago by Bracca Ley
2.0 out of 5 stars Tabloid journalism
For an esteemed scientific journalist, Pearce writes in a very sloppy fashion. Like this. With sentences. No verbs. Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. F. Boyle
3.0 out of 5 stars A broad perspective on the population debate
The world is going through a massive demographic transition. It is a century in and has at least another century to run. Read more
Published on 3 May 2011 by Jeremy Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars A whistle-stop demographic tour
Fred Pearce has written a book that contributes to the discussion about the number of people the planet can sustainably support. Read more
Published on 1 May 2011 by J. Milton
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