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    China's Population Problem

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    China ’s Population Problem The Chinese government has taken the enforcement of family planning and birthrate laws to an extreme by violating the civil rights of its citizens‚ which has had bad effects on the morale of its people (Whyte 161). China ’s population has grown to such an enormous size that it has become a problem to both the people and government. China‚ the most populous country in the world‚ has an estimated population of about one thousand-one hundred-thirty three point six million

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    PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION GROWTH Based on the current trend‚ there will be a total to about 9.2 billion people on the earth by mid-century‚ fuelled by the birth of 220000 children a day and falling mortality rates (Population Institute‚ 2014).  This estimate raises questions about the future of humanity and the planet we inhabit. The debate about an optimal size for human population is one that has waged over the years. The question is fundamentally about sustainability; whether the resources that

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    Many people (including national leaders) worry that population growth depletes resources and can trigger social or economic catastrophe if it is not contained. As discussed in the preceding section‚ most of the projected population growth during this century will take place in developing nations. These countries have faced many challenges in recent decades‚ including low levels of education‚ poor health standards‚ poverty‚ scarce housing‚ natural resource depletion‚ wars‚ and economic and political

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    Effect of over Population

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    Bad Effect Over population is a condition in which a small area has to accommodate too much people. The evil effects of over population are 1. Lack of adequate housing facilities 2. Lack of adequate employment 3. Lack of adequate land for cultivation 4. Low per capita income 5. Low Gross National product. 6. Pollution of Atmosphere. 7. Lack of adequate food materials etc are the bad effects of over population. Effects of overpopulation Food Shortage The more people there are

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    In December of 2003 Sarah Holt interviewed Lester Brown‚ a population expert considered to be ‘one of the world’s most influential thinkers’ (by the Washington Post). When confronted with the idea that between now and 2050 the population will increase by 3 billion‚ in addition to the 6 billion now‚ Brown seems to be no stranger to the subject‚ offering up clear predictions in what’s to come. He addresses developing trends in countries like India and Africa‚ the ‘grain drain’ that becomes more and

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    The current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment is 7‚241‚862‚395. For every person who dies during the next three days‚ somewhere around the world a baby will be born who will‚ physically speaking‚ replace that death. With that being said there are 108 deaths per minutes‚ 155‚911 deaths per day and 56‚907‚606 per year. After all of those replacement births take place‚ 684‚000 additional births will occur. Every Minute of the day there are 267 births so that means every day

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    It supports the food webs that sustain life; it provides us with a vast collection of natural resources‚ and it plays a vital role in the purification of the water we drink. We also depend on it to dispose of some of our wastes. The increasing population within the world has had an impact on the lithosphere and consequently as led to the deterioration of this essential component of the biophysical environment. Land degradation has become one of the primary issues of concern arising from the

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    Population Scenario Paper

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    apparent that we won’t be able to survive on our own. We need to find other that are able to help out. By looking at where the populations are‚ we will be able to look at the average food consumptions of humans. For example‚ the amount of kilojoules an average male/female needs to eat and drink. We need to look at the populations remaining in each area‚ what sex the remaining population is‚ how many are children and the average age. In this scenario‚ we need to explain how three areas are going‚ and whether

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    World Population Day

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    Celebration of World Population Day at IIPS The World Population Day was celebrated at the International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai on 11th July 2012. A debate on ‘Abortion: Pro-life vs. Pro-choice’ was organized in the institute premises to celebrate the World Population Day. Mr. Rajan Kumar Gupt (PhD student)‚ Ms. Garima Dutta (PhD student)‚ Mr. Castor Valbum Badstue (short-term course participant)‚ Ms. Shraboni Patra (PhD student)‚ Mr. Mayank Prakash (PhD student)‚ and Ms. Kshipra

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    Population Genetics Lab

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    September 18‚ 2011 Period 8 AP Bio Ms. Dahle September 12‚ 2011 TITLE: Population Genetics and Evolution Within a Gene Pool INTRODUCTION: The Hardy-Weinberg scheme is a way of viewing evolution as changes in the frequency of alleles in a population of organisms. If A and a are alleles for a particular gene and each individual has two alleles then p is the frequency of the A allele and q is the frequency of a alleles. The frequency of the possible diploid combinations is expressed in the equation

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