The heritability of fertility makes world population stabilization unlikely in the foreseeable future

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Collins ◽  
Lionel Page
Keyword(s):  
World Population ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Population Stabilization

Potential of World Agro-Food Sphere: Pluralism of Assessments

2011 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
E. Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
World Population ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Technological Civilization ◽  
The Way

In 2007-2008 the world food crisis has substantially aggravated. This is a good reason to ponder over the fate of our technological civilization and a reminder of the finite nature of the resources used by the mankind. These resources include minerals, land suitable for cultivation, water and, at last, the technologies for securing the growing world population with the foods. The crisis has opened the eyes of many enthusiasts of the scientific and technological progress to some of its bitter fruits, in particular, to the polarization of food production and consumption, hunger and poverty of millions human beings, environmental pollution, progressive exhaustion of resources. Still, there are enough reasons to be optimistic. Earth's civilization has survived many turning points and has always found the way out and the methods to resolve the problem. It may be hoped that the humanity will also found the way out from the maze of problems that showed up as a result of the food crisis, at least in the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals A Paradox of World Population Stabilization Policy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khandaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
World Population ◽  
Fertility Level ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
Replacement Level ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Population Stabilization

Population explosion of the last century necessitated adoption of a population stabilization policy internationally but without due consideration of its paradoxical impacts on future world economic and environmental sustainability and progress of civilization. Population stabilization policy makes world fertility level (projected) to fall below the replacement level by 2043. This will result in a declining work-age population endangering economic and environmental sustainability particularly during 2050 and beyond. This study has made an attempt to highlight this paradox of population stabilization policy in terms of its impacts on economic and environmental sustainability. It analyses the catch of the need for a declining population in order to maintain a stable population. It also analyses the time taking process of changing fertility habit of the human community under the concepts of „child bearing habitual gap‟ and „work-age formation gap‟. It argues that for a progressive and sustainable world economy a greater and rising work-age population is required and observes that world needs to maintain population growth at a rate balanced in terms of countries and earth‟s absorption capacity.

scholarly journals Dimensions of global population projections: what do we know about future population trends and structures?

2010 ◽  
Vol 365 (1554) ◽  
pp. 2779-2791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Lutz ◽  
Samir KC
Keyword(s):  
Population Projections ◽  
World Population ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Future Fertility ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization ◽  
Future Population

The total size of the world population is likely to increase from its current 7 billion to 8–10 billion by 2050. This uncertainty is because of unknown future fertility and mortality trends in different parts of the world. But the young age structure of the population and the fact that in much of Africa and Western Asia, fertility is still very high makes an increase by at least one more billion almost certain. Virtually, all the increase will happen in the developing world. For the second half of the century, population stabilization and the onset of a decline are likely. In addition to the future size of the population, its distribution by age, sex, level of educational attainment and place of residence are of specific importance for studying future food security. The paper provides a detailed discussion of different relevant dimensions in population projections and an evaluation of the methods and assumptions used in current global population projections and in particular those produced by the United Nations and by IIASA.

Beyond Population Stabilization: The Case for Dramatically Reducing Global Human Numbers

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kenneth Smail
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
World Population ◽  
Past Time ◽  
Demographic Projections ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization

There is a growing tension between two apparently irreconcilable trends: (1) demographic projections that world population size will reach 10 to 11 billion by the middle of the next century; and (2) scientific estimates that the Earth's long-term sustainable carrying capacity (at an “adequate to comfortable” standard of living) may not be much greater than 2 to 3 billion. It is past time to develop internationally coordinated sociopolitical initiatives that go beyond slowing the growth or stabilizing global human numbers. After “inescapable realities” that humans must soon confront, and notwithstanding the considerable difficulties involved in establishing “global population optimums,” I conclude with several suggestions how best to bring about a very significant reduction in global population over the next two to three centuries. These proposals are cautiously optimistic.

scholarly journals A Paradox of the World Population Stabilization Policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khondaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
World Population ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Population Stabilization

scholarly journals World population stabilization unlikely this century

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 346 (6206) ◽  
pp. 234-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gerland ◽  
A. E. Raftery ◽  
H.  ev ikova ◽  
N. Li ◽  
D. Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Population ◽  
Population Stabilization

A Study on Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness and Practice About HIV/AIDS among different age group of Karachi, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-333
Author(s):  
Safia Mehmood ◽  
Sheema Zia ◽  
Nida Aziz ◽  
Omama Sajid
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
World Population ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
High Level ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The AIDS is one of the most complicated health problems of the 21st century and it threatens the world population. AIDS spread at an alarming rate. This was a descriptive study to determine the knowledge, awareness, and practice about HIV among different age groups. The study carried out in Karachi, Pakistan during the period of January 2016-april 2016, in which 82 peoples are participated; 65 peoples having age in between 18-30, people’s lies in 31-40 years, while only 4 peoples having age above 40. From which 91% peoples thought HIV is dangerous virus and 51% peoples having misconception that it cause AIDS on initial stage and does not have any effect on CD4+. Majority of peoples aware about transmission of AIDS through intercourse, and during pregnancy. But the study show the high level of misbelieve also in mode of transmission that HIV transmit through sweat, saliva etc. Majority of the peoples have knowledge that HIV-1 is the most common type found worldwide. Also large number of peoples have knowledge that HIV weak immune system by destroying CD4+ and require long exposure to progress AIDS. Less than 15% of peoples strongly agree that AIDS is common in women. This misconception reflex the lack of knowledge and awareness in the HIV transmission and gender relation. Also majority of peoples thought that lack of knowledge is major barrier in the proper cure of disease. So increasing knowledge by awareness programs; sexual prevention; by starting national testing resources and curing poverty will cured AIDS in Pakistan. Newly drugs are introduced which can stop the progression of AIDS.

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