and developing countries face the problem of over population. Too many mouths to feed and less natural resources on hand can have a devastating effect on the economy. Countries like India and China have large population. In India‚ population growth has been on a higher scale than what the country’s economy can handle. The prosperity of a nation depends upon the standard of living of its people. Developed countries‚ such as the US with less population provide a better standard of living for their people
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Before seventeenth century the world population increased very slowly i.e‚it has been estimated that by 1650 the population had doubled since the year to about 500million.Over the following 200years the rate of increase was much faster ‚so that by 1850 the population had more than doubled to 1200million.After that‚ the population growth accelerated so rapidly that people talked about a population “explosion”;in 1927 it reached the 2000million mark and by the year 2000‚it had passed 6000 million
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POPULATION GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN INDIA Introduction The rapid population growth and economic development in country are degrading the environment through the uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization‚ expansion and intensification of agriculture‚ and the destruction of natural habitats. One of the major causes of environmental degradation in India could be attributed to rapid growth of population‚ which is adversely affecting the natural resources and environment
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Population Ecology Take the theory of Darwinism and apply in business you will get the theory of Population Ecology in business. Population Ecology was merged in the seventies and founded by Michael Hnnan and John Freeman. Borrowed from biology‚ it is the process of natural selection in business and organizations with the favorable traits are more likely to survive‚ which means that organizations depend on the environment to survive. Luck‚ chance‚ and randomness play an important role
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On the Ageing Population The Issue With the development of the advanced society‚ increasingly numbers of nations are facing the ageing problem. The aging population‚ the fraction of the population aged 65 and over exceeds 8-10%‚ has been universally recognized as one of the worldwide social issues in 21 century. We are ageing—not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006‚ almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030‚ that total is projected to increase
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In the pasted years population has been growing rapidly in MEDC’s and LEDC’s‚ by looking at the crude birth rate and crude death rate we are able to see how the population grows in certain countries. Looking at how high the rates are in a LEDC country and a MEDC country‚ you are able to conclude that you can relate specific factors to different areas of the world. When looking at the population growth of a LEDC there are common factors that appear when looking at the death and birth rates. For
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the pattern of population change in the UK? There are many different components that all add together for the reason why population does change in a specific location. This change is considered ‘dynamic’ as it is constantly changing due to many factors that are always effecting the rate of population change. One of the biggest influences of population change would be the birth and death rates of an area. Birth/death rate is the total number of births/deaths per 1‚000 of a population in a year. The
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I. Introduction The Philippine population in the early 1990s continued to grow at a rapid‚ although somewhat reduced rate from that which had prevailed in the preceding decades. In 1990 the Philippine population was more than 66 million‚ up from 48 million in 1980. This figure represents an annual growth rate of 2.5 percent‚ down from 2.6 percent in 1980 and from more than 3 percent in the 1960s. Even at the lower growth rate‚ the Philippine population will increase to an estimated 77 million
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Population Problem in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a country of south-east Asia. It is well known as a developing country. There are many problems in this country‚ which are said to be major obstacles in the development of this country. Excessive Population is said to be the worst among all current problems. If we compare to the global population we will see why population causes such damage to the development of Bangladesh. The area of Bangladesh is near to 55 thousand square miles or 1‚47‚570 square
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witnessing a tremendous change in the ratios of elderly to the young. Over the next 40 years‚ the population of people aged >60 will grow by 1 billion to 2 billion. How does the fewer young support the high ratios of elderly? As they grow older‚ they are likely to be less productive due to health issues. How would the world economy cope with less money and more expenses? The ageing population in Singapore is growing at an alarming trend. We currently have more than 450‚000 people aged 65 and
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