a) Study a country on how and why its population has aged rapidly during the last 40 or 50 years‚ and analyze its consequences. Japan’s graying population: The reasons behind it‚ steps taken to curb it and the implications of an aging society Introduction Japan has seen rapid development from the times of Meiji Restoration (1868) up till today. In fact‚ it has grown more rapidly than any other countries from 1870 to 1994 (Nafziger‚1995) because of the various economic policies its government had
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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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contribute to the growth of a population and these trends can be seen in a number of species. It is generally believed‚ from an ecological perspective‚ that populations will display either an exponential of logistic growth rate. If optimal environments are consistently maintained with no biotic or abiotic limiting factors (excess food‚ excess space availability‚ optimum climactic environment‚ no predation‚ etc) then a population will grow in an exponential direction. Species with high maximal relative
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Growth in the Older Population Tene’ Williams SOC 304 Social Gerontology Prof. Kristin Bachman March 18‚ 2013 Growth in the Older Population Although the growing older population is increasing in the US‚ the impact of this increase is affecting several different political embattlement related programs for the aged (i.e.‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare‚ Disability‚ welfare‚ Supplemental Security Income‚ and The Older Americans Act). Being that people are living longer the cost of healthcare has
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POPULATION GROWTH AND CONTROL Population is considered to be an important asset for any country for growth rate of any country is greatly dependent on the people living in that country. But when it starts growing without any proper proportion then it becomes a menace for that part of part of the world. The whole world is caught in the trap of overpopulation .people all over the world are distributed like pollen or germinating seeds and they are growing in number as anything. There is an uneven
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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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suggests that demographic dynamics is the change in population in terms of size composition‚ age structure‚ and urbanization. This includes the causes and consequences of migration‚ fertility and mortality. These dynamics are different from the past since each and every country experiences changes in terms of living condition‚ number of people born and people who died in that particular time. This essay will discuss the current size of the population‚ how does it effect the economic development‚ the
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Consequences of Population Growth The effects of population growth on economic development differ between the developed and developing countries. In the developed countries‚ population growth has enhanced the growth of such economies because they are wealthy‚ have abundant capital and scarcity of labour. O n the contrary the consequences of rapid population growth on the development of LDCs are not the same. Most developing countries are poor‚ capital scarce and labour abundant; and therefore population growth
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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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1994‚ the population of Pakistan was estimated to be 126 million‚ making it the ninth most populous country in the world. Its land area‚ however‚ ranks thirty-second among nations. Thus Pakistan has about 2 percent of the world’s population living on less than 0.7 percent of the world’s land. The population growth rate is among the world’s highest‚ officially estimated at 3.1 percent per year‚ but privately thought to be closer to 3.3 percent per year by many planners involved in population programs
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