The Development of Population Policies

1971 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. I. Pool
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
African Population ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Use Studies

UNTIL recently the tendency has been to look at African population largely in terms of crude density. From this standpoint tropical Africa was often rated as ‘underpopulated’, and even the recent and prestigious Pearson Commission, although noting the overall effect of population growth on development, stated blandly: ‘In Africa and Latin America…settlement is so sparse that it is impossible to speak of overpopulation.’1Yet two years before, by synthesising a number of land-use studies and by demonstrating that, in terms of available land suitable for agriculture and pastoralism, there was pressure on rural resources, a prominent geographer had attacked, and one would have thought, had laid to rest, this argument. I do not wish to reiterate his case.2Instead, using his article as a base, I will attempt here to make very crude prognoses and predictions and then to look at their policy implications, both for the sector discussed by him and for other sectors of social and economic development.

Industry and Universities in India

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Ansari ◽  
T.C. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Cooperative Activity ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This article underscores the need to establish strong linkages between industry and universities in India; assesses the extent to which such linkages exist in a cross-section of Indian universities; and identifies remedial measures as appropriate. The authors describe the challenges facing universities and industry: identify the areas most appropriate for collaboration and the various kinds of collaboration that exist or are possible in India; assess the extent to which collaborative efforts are succeeding in selected universities; and identify factors which help or hinder the development of cooperative activity. Finally, they list the policy implications of their analysis. The article provides an overview of the current situation in India and sets out practical measures for increasing collaboration between industry and higher education which the authors consider essential to the social and economic development of the country.

Mode of Production and Population Patterns: Policy Implications for West African Development

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Franke
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
West African ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
New Synthesis ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Sahel Region

Recent developments in population theory have made possible a re-examination of demographic evidence from West Africa which suggests that population growth and migration are primarily responses to changes in the nature of the production system. Precolonial, colonial, and independence period data provide a series of correlations consistent with the approach and suggest a possible new synthesis of the West African data. The poorest countries of West Africa are those bordering on the Sahara Desert, known as the “Sahel” region. In response to the drought and famine in that region from 1968–1974, numerous proposals have been made for increased attention to reducing population growth. The analysis presented in this paper leads to the conclusion that population policies other than those attempting to lower the birth rate are called for. These would include relocation of populations previously displaced by colonial labor migrations and the re-integration of herding and farming production systems, both of which policies should be considered as population policies. Data are presented from specific projects underway in Senegal, Mauritania, and Mali, to illustrate the argument.

Issues of Social and Economic Development of Siberian Village of the Early XX Century in Works of V.G. Tyukavkin

10.12737/6230 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Иванцова ◽  
N. Ivantsova
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
High Level ◽  
Soviet Historiography

The article analyzes the early works of famous Professor V.G. Tyukavkin. In particular, it reveals issues of research methodology, presents the conceptual vision of the problems of social and economic development of Siberian village of the early twentieth century. V.G. Tyukavkin was a supporter of the theory of a sufficiently high level of development of productive forces in agriculture of Siberia. Analyzing the questions of land tenure, land use, farming systems, cooperation, differentiation of the Siberian peasantry, he within the dominant methodology concludes that the region ripe for revolution. The article at the same time shows impartiality of the researcher, who, despite existing views, studied a vast array of dataand showed that Siberia had been turned into a granary of Russia demonstrating high performance and European quality (and oftensurpassed it, i.e. in oil production). The author for the first time in Soviet historiography raised the question of new forms of the organization of peasant production in Siberia – cooperation.

Fertility Decline and Socioeconomic Change in Venezuela

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Edmonston ◽  
Frank Wm. Oechsli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Gross National Product ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Fertility Trends ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Per Capita

Venezuela has experienced significant economic development during recent decades, although rapid population growth has partially offset economic gains. During the five-year period 1969-1973, the gross national product increased at an annual rate of 5.0 percent, which, coupled with population growth, yielded real per capita increases of 2.6 percent annually. Relatively smooth transition in the nationalization of the Venezuelan oil industry in 1976 presents a favorable assessment for the economy during the next decade. Yet while there has been notable progress in conventional economic indicators, there have been less rapid improvements in education, nutrition, and health. This paper examines past trends in Venezuelan population growth within the context of general social and economic development. Because of the importance of fertility in affecting population growth, particular attention is paid to fertility trends.

scholarly journals Analysis of Territorial Accessibility to the Nodes of Health Activity in the Municipality of Pitalito, Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Diego A. Escobar ◽  
Jorge A. Montoya ◽  
Carlos A. Moncada
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
The Road ◽  
Geostatistical Methods ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Infrastructure Network ◽  
Base Scenario

The current population growth links different social and economic development problems that must be addressed, within these public health, which should be of high priority in order to minimize the threats of health in the citizenry; therefore, administrative entities must get strong commitments in minimum periods of time. Taking into account the above, it is proposed to evaluate the level of accessibility offered by the road infrastructure network in the municipality of Pitalito, department of Huila, as well as the level of coverage by population and area for the years 2015 (base scenario) and 2031 (intervened scenario), through the use of geostatistical methods from digital tools.

State of the Art VII: The Demography of the Middle East

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges Sabagh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Demographic Research ◽  
Social And Economic Development

On May 22, 1966, the eve of the first Tunisian census since independence, President Habib Bourguiba expressed as follows the objectives and uses of this census: The methodical efforts we are making, within the framework of the Plan, to raise the standard of living of citizens are of necessity based on statistical data concerning the size and distribution of the population, its activities and its manner of life.…The census does not consist solely in just counting our population. Its purpose is to collect all sorts of information likely to help us draw our plans for economic and social development judiciously.The need for population data has undoubtedly provided an impetus for the collection of such data as well as for demographic research not only in Tunisia but also in other Middle Eastern countries. In recent years, an added impetus for demographic research has been the realization that, in some of these countries, population growth may be threatening social and economic development.

6. Changing patterns in the landscape

2016 ◽  
pp. 115-137
Author(s):  
Peter A. Furley
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New World ◽  
Landscape Changes ◽  
Old World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changing Patterns

Relentless population growth worldwide has significantly modified savanna landscapes. ‘Changing patterns in the landscape’ considers how landscape changes differ in Latin America, Africa, and Australasia. The appearance of many savannas has been greatly affected by evolving land use. Many of the landscapes in the New World have only been occupied for relatively short lengths of time and settled only in the most favourable locations. The Old World by contrast, from Africa through India and East Asia to Australia, has experienced a long history of nomadic movement and occupation. The growth of cities in the savanna and the greatly increased pace of urbanization have placed enormous pressures on this land.

Tourism and recreational planning in municipal entities of the Russian Federation

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 48-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Евгений Цыщук ◽  
Evgeniy Tsyshchuk
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Is Development ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Today, the new conditions and opportunities for sustainable tourism development on the territory of municipalities are formed. Structural changes, involving the use of scientifically grounded approaches in the management of a tourism complex of territories, are taking place. Scientific researches, which are of key importance today, related to justification of priorities, prospects and mechanisms of tourism development, designing of tourism and recreational land use prospective plans and consolidated investment plans of the development of tourism and supporting infrastructure, creation of municipal tourism development programs. One of the main directions of such work is development of new methodological approaches and instruments that form the methodological basis of studies, their practical use and adaptation to modern conditions of social and economic development of municipal entities.

scholarly journals Interactive Relationship among Urban Expansion, Economic Development, and Population Growth since the Reform and Opening up in China: An Analysis Based on a Vector Error Correction Model

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwei Zhang ◽  
Hualin Xie
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Vector Error Correction Model ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Correction Model ◽  
Vector Error Correction ◽  
Vector Error

Based on cointegration analysis, a vector error correction model (VECM), and the impulse response function method, this paper empirically analyses the interaction among urban expansion, economic development, and population growth in China from 1980 to 2016. The results show that (I) there is a long-term equilibrium relationship among urban expansion, economic development and population growth, but there is an imbalance in the short term. When urban expansion deviates from the long-term equilibrium, it cannot be restored to equilibrium in the short term. However, when economic development and population growth deviate from equilibrium, they will adjust back to equilibrium with strengths of −0.1770 and −0.0217, respectively. (II) From the results of the impulse response, there is an interactive statistical relationship between urban expansion, economic development, and population growth; In the short term, both economic development and population growth will cause urban expansion. In the long term, economic development will inhibit urban expansion, and economic development will be less dependent on land. Also, population growth has a long-lasting positive effect on urban expansion. (III) The results of variance decomposition show that urban expansion and economic development were most affected by the structural impact of population growth, and the relative variance contribution (RVC) rate was stable at 29.2% and 42%, respectively. However, economic development contributes the least to the RVC of urban expansion and population growth, and only stabilizes at 12.3% and 8.0% after 30 periods. Finally, the paper proposes that the Chinese government should maintain stable and healthy economic growth and promote sustainable land use in terms of improving land use efficiency, improving human capital levels, and promoting industrial structure.

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