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	Population Explosion in India
		Is population explosion a boon or a curse?
		The literal meaning of population is “the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region” (Webster’s dictionary), and the literal meaning of population explosion is “a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population” (Webster’s dictionary).As the number of people in a pyramid increases, so do the roblems related to the increased population.
		The current rate of population growth in India is 1.58% and the total fertility rate is 3.11 (AskJeeves.com, Internet).Although the total fertility rate has decreased, due to the increase in the total number of women between the ages of 15 and 44 (reproductive ages), the total number of births has increased.
	www.bridgeport.edu /~darmri/population_explosion.html (4503 words)

	Population Explosion
		The connections between death, technology and the population explosion may not be obvious at first, but think about it for a moment.
		Population growth is perhaps the most pervasive and least recognized problem in the world.
		Because population growth was in a race with the growth in the economy, and the population was winning.
	www.csubak.edu /~bjones/population.htx (5414 words)

	Human population explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		An electronic time-sculpture displaying the past 500 years of human population growth on a Dymaxion world map, in a repeating 60 second cycle.
		Population Research Institute is a pro-life educational organization dedicated to protecting and defending human life, ending human rights abuses committed in the name of family planning, and dispelling the myth of overpopulation.
		Discover the mechanism of population growth, build your own family on-line, choose your birth-control method, discover where you stand in the world population...
	rumor1.info /human-population-explosion-r.html (292 words)

	The Population Explosion by Paul R. Ehrlich & Anne H. Ehrlich
		The Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth's population, growing by 95 million people a year, is rapidly depleting the planet's resources, resulting in famine, global warming, acid rain, and other major problems.
		The key to understanding overpopulation is not population density but the numbers of people in an area relative to its resources and the capacity of the environment to sustain human activities; that is, to the area's carrying capacity.
		When its population can't be maintained without rapidly depleting nonrenewable resources (or converting renewable resources into nonrenewable ones) and without degrading the capacity of the environment to support the population.
	www.2think.org /tpe.shtml (1241 words)

	The Population Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The author feels that while the USA is adequately committed in the area of research in Physics, there is hardly any commitment nor general policy towards the population explosion beyond Family Planning on a voluntary basis.
		The majority of the population as well as the political leaders in the USA consider the population explosion to be a problem of the Third World presenting itself mainly in the form of:
		Although fully aware of the disaster of Population Explosion she and her colleagues are busy trying to save the rain forest and make the world produce more food and accommodate more people rather than trying to actively limit population.
	members.aol.com /asourial/populationexplosion.htm (1533 words)

	Population Connection: Learn More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		After a year of careful review and consideration, the Board of Directors of Zero Population Growth on February 2, 2002 voted unanimously to change the name of our organization to Population Connection, effective May 1, 2002.
		There is a clear connection between population growth and virtually every challenge facing our planet.
		As the leading grassroots population organization, ZPG has been the “population connection” for 34 years.
	www.zpg.org (168 words)

	98.07.02: The Population Explosion: Causes and Consequences
		The rapid growth of the world's population over the past one hundred years results from a difference between the rate of birth and the rate of death.
		The end of the population explosion worldwide will be determined by how much countries invest in family planning efforts to lower fertility and slow down popula-tion growth.
		It also highlights the impact of population on the environment by presenting information for all states and the District of Columbia on energy con-sumption, solid waste per capita, wetlands loss, endangered animal and plant spe-cies, land under environmental protection, and toxic air pollutants released per cap-ita.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/7/98.07.02.x.html (3967 words)

	Cambrian Explosion
		The "explosion" is perhaps nothing more than the fact that the development of complex body plans for the first time permitted radiation into a variety of adaptive nitches and a dramatic increase in diversity.
		Well, once populations increase to levels near the carrying capacity, the population numbers are especially subject to strange and unpredictable oscillations.
		To the extent that we can apply the ideas on population changes to speciation and adaptive radiation, we might expect that periodic extinctions or bursts of speciation, as in the model of punctuated equilibrium, might occur just as the result of simple interactions between individuals and groups and not necessarily the result of external forces.
	www.bio.miami.edu /tom/bil160/bil160goods/15_cambrian.html (1376 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| World faces population explosion in poor countries
		The world is heading for wildly uneven population swings in the next 45 years, with many rich countries "downsizing" during a period in which almost all developing nations will grow at breakneck speed, according to a comprehensive report by leading US demographers released yesterday.
		It is expected to have reached a population of 420 million by 2050, an increase of 43%.
		The population changes are causing growing alarm among experts, who believe sustained growth in developing countries can only be managed with economic help from rich countries.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1285277,00.html (982 words)

	Population explosion
		If this unregulated population growth goes on increasing at the current rate, and if effective efforts are not taken to control it in time, there may not be balanced and mutual relationship between natural resources and population.
		The population growth may become a dreadful problem for the country.According to the 1911 census taken during Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher’s reign by Gosvara Adda, the total population of Nepal was 5.6 million.
		The population is increasing because of our orthodox practices such as having a son, joint family system, tendency of humiliating childless couple, gender inequality, polygamy and early marriages.
	www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=17744 (531 words)

	Population Explosion
		Many rural peasants, who make up the majority of the population, are anxious to have a son to help support them in their old age, particularly in the absence of a social security blanket.
		Negative Population Growth, a group which would like to cut the US population in half (yes, I said in half) called the new numbers "alarming and shocking." What was truly alarming and shocking, however, was NPG's proposed remedy: a national population policy.
		It said population levels are expected to drop by a third by 2050 and those countries have the lowest fertility rates in the world -- 1.3 per woman compared to 1.6 per woman in western Europe.
	www.righttoliferoch.org /wpopul.htm (3730 words)

	The year of six billion
		Fully 98 percent of today's population growth is taking place in developing regions, according to the Population Reference Bureau.
		Eventually, however, development and birth control tend to control population growth, and population is now stabilized in the industrialized world (aside from the United States, where it's growing by 0.6 percent per year through national increase, and 0.9 percent when immigration is factored in).
		Ethiopia's population of 60 million is expected to soar to 99 million by 2025.
	whyfiles.org /096y6b (551 words)

	We can stem population explosion
		The residents of Seattle are not alone in their struggle to deal with the strains of rapid population growth.
		World population, currently 6.5 billion, is growing by another 76 million people per year; in other words, another New York City is being added to our Earth every six weeks.
		Since the consumption levels of an average person in a high-income country is about 10 to 20 times higher than that of someone in a low-income country, slowed population growth in the developed world has a disproportionately positive effect on reducing the stress on our environment.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/226380_population31.html (593 words)

	NSSM 200, the Vatican, and the World Population Explosion
		World population growth is widely recognized within the Government as a current danger of the highest magnitude calling for urgent measures" [Page 194 of the NSSM 200 Report].
		population factors are indeed critical in, and often determinants of; violent conflict in developing areas.
		The issue of population growth is too crucial to the future welfare of our nation and of the world to be left to...the Roman Catholic hierarchy and its allies in the fundamentalist movement.
	www.population-security.org /journal-spes.htm (7516 words)

	1. Population Explosion in West Bengal: A Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The extent of this missing population was about 1.22 million during the period of 1974-1981, and about 1.73 million during the last intercensual period 1981-91.
		A pertinent query is whether the excessively high rate of growth of Muslim population in all the districts of West Bengal is solely due to infiltration by Bangladeshis.
		Consequently, even though population control is universally recognised today as a key contributor to economic upliftment, the GRP among Muslims is very high.
	www.bharatvani.org /books/tfst/appii1.htm (2206 words)

	Population explosion worsening poverty
		Population growth is exacerbating poverty, and contributing to increased stress on the global environment, states the State of World Population 2004, released here Wednesday, by United Nations Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA).
		Titled “The Cairo consensus at ten: Population, reproductive health and global efforts to end poverty”, the report predicts an increase in world population from 6.4 billion at present to 8.9 billion by 2050.
		Although families are getting smaller in many regions, population in the 50 poorest countries will triple to 1.7 billion people, the report said.
	www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=17317 (584 words)

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		FEWS said the spiralling population was one of a number of underlying causes of the widespread food insecurity in Ethiopia.
		They say other causes such as the population explosion, a gradual decline in rainfall, a huge slump in coffee prices and reduced employment opportunities are also compounding it.
		Its population, currently ranked 17th, is estimated at 71 million by the 2003 World Population Data Sheet.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=36431&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&... (509 words)

	Fafo-report 242: Summary Conclusions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Another reason relates to population growth: as the population increases the per capita effect of constant levels of donor disbursement diminishes correspondingly.
		The rapid rate of population growth in the West Bank and Gaza Strip magnifies negative trends and reduces the impact of positive ones.
		In the Gaza Strip, where socio-economic conditions are relatively worse, the population will be twice the size in 2010 that it was in 1995.
	www.fafo.no /pub/rapp/242/summary.htm (631 words)

	Population and Habitat Homepage
		Much of the destruction of the natural world we see across the globe today is "fallout" from the human population explosion that has occurred over the last 50 years.
		A billion people will be added to the world’s population through 2015 - most of them in the world’s poorest and most environmentally vulnerable countries.
		This population growth will only exacerbate many environmental problems, including air and water pollution, loss of birds, other wildlife and their habitat, fisheries depletion, and climate change.
	www.audubonpopulation.org (417 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Prison population explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Expecting a staggering 50 percent increase in the federal prison population over the next six years, federal Bureau of Prison officials and Congress are investigating ways to privatize the government's array of federal detention facilities.
		According to a Feb. 28 report in the Federal Times, by 2006 "the federal prison population is projected to swell by 50 percent -- from 119,000 to 178,000 inmates," a number which has caused Bureau of Prison officials to lobby for more funds to construct new facilities.
		Despite the prisoner transfers and the Bureau's "two-phase privatization initiative," in which 13,000 low-security prisoners may be transferred to privately-run facilities, Wolfson said Bureau of Prisons officials still expected an increase in detainees.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15303 (577 words)

	Archive \| May 8, 2000 \| The myth of over-population
		Fearing a population explosion because the population grew exponentially over the past two centuries is like fearing your baby will grow to 1000 pounds because it doubles its weight three times the first seven years, says Singer.
		He says that African population figures are inflated, doubts China's figures, and notes that in the former USSR, where there is one live birth for every 7 abortions, 292 million people have never existed.
		The town of Towa's population was 20,670 in 1945; under 10,000 in 1970; and 5553 in 2000.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0500overpopulation.htm (1446 words)

	Archive: Population Explosion Ends in a Whisper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		We have grown up with the threat of the population bomb, and with great hoopla and concern the global population crossed the 6-billion mark in the year 2000.
		In the year 2000 it is expected that 78 million persons will be added to the global population, compared to 86 million at the peak of population growth a few years ago.
		In fact, the best bet is that the world population will peak by 2025, at something around 7.8 billion, and decline after that.
	www.futurist.com /portal/science/science_population_explosion.htm (472 words)

	Population explosion?
		In conjunction with the UN's "Day of 6 Billion," there were a number of newspaper articles on population issues, all reporting the same general good news: while the world's population continues to climb, the rate of growth is levelling off, and especially so in the very high growth parts of the world.
		Humans are perfectly able to control their own population without disease or famine, but instead by creating the wealth that renders large families unncessary and provides the birth control technology (and education) to prevent wanton pregnancy.
		Where there is freedom, increases in the population surely mean more mouths to feed, but they also mean more hands to produce and more minds to create.
	it.stlawu.edu /shor/Good/population.htm (824 words)

	Is Human Population Really the Problem?
		He predicted that by 1985, the "population explosion" would lead to world famine, the death of the oceans, a reduction in life expectancy to 42 years, and the wasting of the Midwest into a vast desert.
		The population control crowd is now embarrassed by the light of scientific study into the relationship between population and economic development.
		In fact, officials at the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the United Nations have expressed concern over the implications of the low fertility rates, as discussed by Austin Russe in the online article, "United Nations Warns About Declining Population." The UN report can be found at http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm.
	www.jefflindsay.com /Overpop.shtml (3552 words)

	The Population Explosion in 19th century Britain
		For example, the total population in England and Wales in 1801 was 8,893,000.
		Using spreadsheet functions, calculate the percentage the population changed from one census to the next in each category of town sizes and in the total population category.
		Use your data and charts to draw some conclusions about the population explosion in England and Wales.
	www.teacherlink.org /content/social/instructional/pop/popstud.html (764 words)

	Population ex-explosion?
		However, researchers have recently suggested in the scientific journal Nature that global population levels may actually cease growing before the end of this century, and even begin to decline.
		Predicting future population levels is difficult because it involves predicting how statistical measures such as birth and death rates are likely to change over time.
		Although the statistical calculations themselves may not be hugely difficult, reasonable prediction of population levels in the long term is almost impossible for the mathematician who is not also an expert in economics, sociology and political science.
	plus.maths.org /issue17/news/popn (526 words)

	The Population Explosion Is Over
		In his best-selling book of 1968, "The Population Bomb," Paul Ehrlich warned that "the cancer of population growth must be cut out" or "we will breed ourselves into oblivion." He appeared on the Johnny Carson show 25 times to sell this idea.
		A 1992 documentary on Ted Turner's CNN described the impending global chaos "as the planet's population grows exponentially," and just a few days ago, Turner and his wife, Jane Fonda, were honored at a gala for Zero Population Growth, which preaches the mantra of out-of-control overpopulation.
		In estimating the population for the year 2050, demographers were caught with their projections up.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~anthro/courses/361/wattenberg.html (2622 words)

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