Human locusts?

BEYOND NUMBERS: A READER ON POPULATION, CONSUMPTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT Edited by Laurie Ann Mazur Island press

Closing in on problems

URBANISATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH·Vibhooti Shukla· Oxford University Press, Delhi · 1996

DIRTY SEX

Every 10 years, the census of India comes out with a damning statistic: the country's abysmal female-male ratio. As per the 2001 census, there …

India's population: Fertility rate below replacement rate in 20 states, UTs | COVER STORY

A wolf too many

No cause for panic

Fastest pace ever

Clocking population

Leapfrogging to doom

Human pressures are taking a toll of amphibians

The urban explosion

Needed: people

Russia's population is declining at an alarming rate

UNITED NATIONS

Population bomb

Jarring note

Old is cold

From the blurbs

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Data suggests that the Earth can support at most one-fifth of the present population, 1.5 billion people, at an American standard of living

Here comes the megacities

By 2100, at least 10 cities are predicted to have population over 50 million. How can society keep pace?

China’s population grew older and richer: Policy lessons for some African countries

China capitalised on its demographic profile through policies which captured the working-age population

Nigeria’s cities are growing fast: Family planning must be part of urban development plans

Urban poverty that already afflicts 42% of urban residents in Nigeria is set to rise

People trying to curb people

With the Vatican already on the offensive and various unresolved rifts, fireworks are definitely on the agenda of the upcoming population …

People are not the planet's pollutants

The consumerist tendency of our society has resulted in the branding of population explosion as the villain in a world that has place for everyone'…

Early education is the key to reducing birth rate

Every rupee invested on four years of primary education for girls would yield returns worth Rs 10 of investment on advertising contraceptive …

A Himalayan plunder

RITA ANAND looks at changes in Himalayan forest cover in historical perspective, focusing on the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan

Pregnant with meaning

FAR from the media hoopla, the developing world is quietly undergoing a reproductive revolution. According to a report released by the World …