نهاية النمو السكاني: بلوغ حدود البشرية الكوكبية

For the first time in recorded history, the world is witnessing a decline in its population. Fertility rates are falling sharply around the world, even in countries that were long considered immune to the trend. Peak population is closer than expected, and in most industrialized countries, the decline has already begun. In The End of Population Growth, Ugo Bardi applies the systems dynamics approach promoted in The Limits to Growth to the twenty-first century, using new data and models, and a frank assessment of what comes next. Aging communities, crumbling pensions, mass migration, abandoned infrastructure – the coming unrest is real. And so is opportunity: a smaller population means less pressure on an already exhausted planet. But this transformation will not happen on its own. This book is a guide to traversing a land that no civilization has crossed before. The End of Population Growth combines data, historical perspective, biological understanding, and the same modeling philosophy that made The Limits to Growth a landmark in science. This book can guide us on how to confront the unfamiliar landscape of shrinking humanity. “This book provides useful information and perspectives on the existential issue of our time—managing the world's peaceful transition from population growth to decline,” says Dennis Meadows, lead author of The Limits to Growth, 1972.