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Demographic, Population, and Social Change in Uganda 1990–2019
Uganda recorded an increase in population from 9.5 million in 1969 to 34.6 million in 2014, representing an increase of 264.21%. The fertility rate...
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Map** Global Population Changes
The increase in greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities is considered as the main cause of global warming (Stocker et al. 2013). The...
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Population and Demography
This chapter on population and demography provides a description of population growthPopulationgrowth, fertility, mortality, and migration trends...
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International Handbook of Population and Environment
This handbook presents a timely and comprehensive overview of theory, data, methods and research findings that connect human population dynamics and...
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Significance and Possibilities of the New Concept of “Relationship Population” in Japan’s Population Decline Society
This chapter examines the new concept of “relationship population,” which originated in Japan after 2016, and investigates it by presenting a new...
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Spatial Distribution of Population and Urbanisation
Populations are not randomly distributed across the Earth's surface. Some regions are almost empty, while others concentrate with a large proportion...
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Population Policies Framework
This chapter reviews the theoretical framework of population policies. First, the chapter discusses types of population policies, with a primary...
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Population Policy Models
This chapter provides an overview of population policy models and their use. After an initial discussion of the broad types of models used in the...
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Population-Based Service Level and the Accessibility of Transport
With the development goal of building a people-oriented and sustainable transport system in China, service level and accessibility of transport...
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Population and environment: the evolution of the debate between optimists and pessimists
The potential adverse effects of rapid population growth on human welfare and our natural environment have been the subject of lively debate since...
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Future Prospects of Regional Population in Japan
This chapter outlines the methods and results of the “Regional Population Projections for Japan: 2015–2045” (“RPJ2018” hereinafter) drafted by the...
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Changing Issues in Population Research in India
As a sub-field of sociology, sociology of population deals with the social aspects of five demographic processes: nuptiality, fertility, mortality,...
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Population, Development, and Policy
The extensive literature on population and development yielded few policy-relevant results before the discovery of the demographic dividend. This...
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Population Growth, Markets and Sustainable Land-Use in Africa
Is a growing population an obstacle to agricultural development in Africa? To what extent does population growth lead to environmental degradation?...
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Reframing policy responses to population aging in Iran
Iran is aging rapidly and is expected to see negative population growth rates later this century. This change is generating significant concern for...
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Population and food systems: what does the future hold?
The ability of food systems to feed the world’s population will continue to be constrained in the face of global warming and other global challenges....
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Has the world survived the population bomb? A 10-year update
Between 1960 and 2011, world population grew from 3 to 7 billion, an unprecedented rate of population growth that will never be seen again. In spite...
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Population and Environment Interactions: Macro Perspectives
If human activity has a major impact on the ecosystems and on the planet’s climate, one can wonder about the role played by the “population” itself....
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The Consequences of Population Growth on Climate Change: A Case of Urbanization Effects vis-à-vis Air Pollutants in Bengaluru, India
The association of urbanization with climate change has been well established within the limits of a city or a town. Recently, the population has...
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Analyzing the Impact of Government Social Spending, Population Growth and Foreign Remittances on Human Development in Pakistan: Implications for Policy
To achieve sustainable future for all, United Nations’ (UNs’) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-2030) reinforced the formulation of social,...
