Very long range global population scenarios to 2300 and the implications of sustained low fertility

Demographic Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 1145-1166

  Basten, Stuart ^a   Lutz, Wolfgang ^b   Scherbov, Sergei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

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EID: 84884321746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.39     Document Type: Article

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