The next 50 years: Unfolding trends

Population and Development Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-643

  Smil, Vaclav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745286783     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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