Rapid Population Growth: Implications for Social and Economic Development

Asian Survey ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1104-1113
Author(s):  
Lee L. Bean
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Social And Economic Development

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.

The Political Economics of Population Growth: The Case of China

1971 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pi-Chao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Simon Kuznets

Some economists argue that high population density and rapid population growth are not in themselves impediments to economic development. On the basis of a quantitative analysis of historical data, Simon Kuznets, for instance, concludes that, historically, rates of economic development have not significantly correlated, either positively or negatively, with rates of population growth. Similarly, E. E. Hagen observes that “nowhere in the world has population growth induced by rising income been sufficient to halt the rise in income. … The historical record indicates that rise in income in these societies has failed to occur not because something thwarted it, but because no force has been present to cause income to rise.

The Pressures and Countermeasures of Grassland Biodiversity Conservation in Northern China

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3696-3700
Author(s):  
Zhi Rong Zheng ◽  
Chao Yang Feng ◽  
Sheng Xing Ye ◽  
Zhao Yan Diao ◽  
Shi Hai Lv
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Grassland Ecosystem ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Grassland Biodiversity

In this study, we sought to analyze the pressures of the grassland ecosystem in China and explore practical countermeasures to protect grassland biodiversity. The prominent ecological problems in grassland biodiversity conservation included rapid population growth, economic development, resource exploitation and global climate change, among which human interferences strongly influenced the grassland ecosystem. Rapid population growth and economic development still severely restricted biodiversity conservation, but coal resource exploitation gradually developed a new serious pressure for grassland biodiversity. In addition, climate change further aggravated biodiversity loss. According to these pressures, we proposed several practical countermeasures such as readjusting the industrial structure, and relieving the pressures of grassland, and conducting near-natural restoration as well as carrying out ecological compensation. This study will provide the scientific reference for manager and policy-makers of grassland biodiversity conservation.

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.

The Driving Forces of Landscape Pattern in Coastal Urban Belt in Liaoning

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3771-3775
Author(s):  
Hai De Hu
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Landscape Pattern ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Landscape Fragmentation ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Growth Economic

Based on field investigation and social-economical data, in combination with the 1992 and 2007 Landsat TM remote sensing images of Coastal Urban Belt in Liaoning, this paper analyzed the driving forces of landscape pattern in the study area. From 1992 to 2007, the landscape pattern in the study area experienced a significant change. The rapid population growth, economic development and infrastructure construction had exerted strong influences on these changes of landscape pattern, and thus leading to a deeper level of landscape fragmentation

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.

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.

scholarly journals The Feasibility of An Effective Population Policy for Pakistan

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-313
Author(s):  
Karol J. Krotki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Policy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Family Planning Programme ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the following discussion is threefold: to consider whether or not rapid population growth is an impediment to economic development in Pakistan; to assess the impact of alternative changes in population growth on the size and composition of national development plans; to consider means of manipulating population size and growth. Under the last group of problems, questions will be asked about the effectiveness of a government-directed family planning programme. Is a national population-policy a feasible operation at all? There is no evidence after four years of the Pakistan programme1 and only scanty evidence from abroad2. The major complaint in this respect will be.......

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