Demographic vertigo: the return of great fears

The world's population is growing. It is concentrated in cities. In the face of the fears this periodically arouses, scientific analysis must answer two questions in particular, concerning the size of the earth's population and urbanization: is the earth overpopulated in relation to its resources? Is urbanization over-polluting?

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Source	Dix défis pour la planète
Author	Dumont, Gérard-François
Maintainer	CCSD
Last Updated	May 14, 2026, 11:32 (UTC)
Created	May 14, 2026, 11:32 (UTC)
Identifier	halshs-00788746
Language	fr
contributor	Espaces, Nature et Culture (ENeC) ; Université Paris-Sorbonne (UP4)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator	Dumont, Gérard-François
date	2012-05-14T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title	test moissonnage SELUNE
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