With more than six billion people in the world today, the human population is placing unprecedented demands on the Earth's resources. Developed countries continue to use more and more global resources, even as human necessities such as clean drinking water are not available for millions of people. This title examines the causes of population change and its effects on individuals, countries, and the world, and looks at what we can do to control the growing crisis.

 

This book is part of a book series called Planet Under Pressure .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Paul Mason is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books.