population

Examines some of the problems associated with overpopulation, including urban sprawl, pollution, global warming, and the depletion of natural resources; and offers suggestions on how to avoid similar problems in the future.

Considers opposing opinions on various issues concerning world population including problems of rapid growth, the effects of population on the environment, and ways of decreasing human fertility.

Text and accompanying photographs discuss population growth, problems of overpopulation, population distribution, ethnic differences, women's roles, and environmental concerns for the future.

Describes the effects of the nation's population growth in rhymed text and illustrations.

In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.