Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash - Softcover

"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)

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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)

Fred Pearce is a highly intelligent, responsible and accessible writer. His books are meticulously researched; they are also always colourful and compelling. He goes to all the places he writes about and he conjures them up for his reader. He speaks to the people there and to experts on both sides of any argument. Even if you don't agree with the conclusions he reaches, it is always worth reading what he has to say in order to have an educated response to any scientific debate of the moment.

If you think population is an environmental issue that has been the elephant in the room for too long, 'Peoplequake' is for you. If you're engaged by the immigration debate, or by what feminism means now, and what really kick-started the feminist movement it will grab you too. If you think social policy in China past and future is important; if your believe our attitude to the old in our society needs to change; if you have any interest in our future as a race - this book is for you. I urge you to read it.