Increasing importance has been placed upon population and population growth over the course of the past few centuries. Scientists are frenetically searching for the solution to this issue‚ and their outcomes are bleak. They are telling the world that if population growth does not slow‚ the earth will swell to a capacity too large to sustain itself and the conclusion will be apocalyptic. Explanations are numerous‚ however viable solutions are difficult to find. Adherents to the Malthusian theory
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eighteenth century saw a population explosion in England and Wales with the English populace growing from 5.05 million in 1701 to 8.7 million in 1801. The population level was reasonably inert in the first half of the century with only an increase to 5.77 million in 1751‚ the main population growth occurred from 1751 until the mid nineteenth century‚ by which point it had reached a staggering 16.8 million. There is debate by historians as to whether the growth in population over this period is due
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Fertility is the ability to conceive children. Throughout the existence of humanity‚ fertility is what created populations of both animals and humans. Fertility rate is “the number of live births per 1‚000 female population aged 15 to 49 years”(eLearning‚ Fertility and Fecundity). Different countries have different fertility rates‚ which can be caused by different cultural beliefs‚ living conditions‚ wealth‚ etc. Fertility rates have an effect on many things such as the economy‚ politics‚ and culture
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swirl of commentary on the Asian countries in recent years‚ one facet of their longer-term prospects not often remarked upon is that their population is aging. By 2025‚ the share of the elderly in the population of Singapore‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ Japan and South Korea will at least doublem and the share of the young will fall sharply. The ageing of the population will drag down the potential rate of growth as a result of the fall in volume of labor input and the decline of the domestic saving rate
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Population Problems- The Declining Birth Rate Introduction Our country’s population is declining since the many campaigns were launched in order to allow citizens to not reproduce so rapidly. Singapore’s total fertility rate (TFR) has been on a general decline. The last time that the TFR of the resident population (comprising Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents) was above the replacement level of 2.1 was in 1976. The resident TFR was 1.20 in 2011. Thus‚ we can conclude that Singapore’s
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threats influence economic development might be Jeffrey Herbst’ study (2000) on the formation of European nation states and modern Africa. It was argued that in Europe‚ high population density combined with limited land induces states to establish more efficient armies and bureaucracies in order to survive‚ whereas low population density combined with low external threats in Africa reduce the necessity of defending territory and hence allow rulers to survive without invest in institutional building. Also
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Demography through Human Populations Both Pre- and Post-1950 OR I See Trends in Dead People I. Purpose: Is there a correlation between age of death before 1950 and after 1950 due to underlying factors? Between both sexes before and after 1950 from discriminating factors? What types of factors‚ and why? II. Hypotheses Within death rates and the factors that affect them‚ I hypothesize that death rates of both males and females will be higher in the younger populations before 1950 than after
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What is personal space? Personal space was an idea first developed by German born Swedish psychologist David Katz in 1937. It is very often describes as an “emotionally charged bubble of space which surrounds each individual” or alternately “Personal space is the region surrounding a person which they regard as psychologically theirs. Most people value their personal space and feel discomfort‚ anger‚ or anxiety when their personal space is encroached.” On the other hand‚ some research suggests
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The Population Bomb The continuous increase of population in the world has become a major problem to planet earth. Oftentimes‚ it is referred to as the population bomb owing to the adverse impacts it creates on the world today. Such population explosion leads to social‚ economic and environmental problems. This prompted the enactment of global protocols‚ regional agreements and localized legislations which are all geared up towards resolving mounting social‚ economic and environmental problems
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Population‚ Territory and Economy of Macau ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to analysis the hidden risks behind the high population density in Macau‚ try to discuss the influence and objective of the land reclaiming‚ and intend to find out the economic problem under the 16th consecutive monthly gambling income decrease. Keyword: population density‚ land reclaiming‚ Macau gambling 1. Introduction Macau‚ for the past 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule and now ruled by China‚ has a large increase
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