How Population Falls

Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Oxford. He appears regularly on TV and radio, and writes for the Guardian, New Statesman and other papers. Among his books are Population 10 Billion; Inequality and the 1%; Shattered Nation, which was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses prize, and The Next Crisis.

• Chapter 1: A New FearSuper-tankers and socialistsThe Pied Piper and imaginationPredictions and projectionsChapter 2: Falling BirthsImagining the long-termIntroducing incentivesEgalitariansChapter 3: Rising DeathsBlueberriesDying on the ToiletGetting oldChapter 4: Race and ClassSpace and timeThe anxious parent clubThe limits of povertyChapter 5: Refugees and ExpatsThe UN leaves New YorkIndigenous to migrantThe poorest placesChapter 6: Friends and LoversThe ideal number of childrenAgeing and relationshipsFuture friends and loversChapter 7: Neighbours and GreedHuddled massesSmart but selfishMind the gapChapter 8: Home and CohortWho owns our home?Making housing expensiveClimate and safetyChapter 9: The SexesIt is what it is - for nowFluid and shiftingArtificial humansChapter 10: ConclusionPronatalism scepticsWhere everyone grows tall

Magnificent, fascinating, empirical study of the great issues of our time. I would expect nothing less from the brilliant Professor Dorling.