Sentences with phrase «consumption of a growing population»

Reasons for this are the increasing prosperity and consumption of a growing population, but also the effort to expand the added value in the processing of foods.»

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This group of super spenders is expected to see its population double over the next five years to 100 million households, and as an economic force they are poised to eclipse the impact of rising but less - wealthy consumers: Their consumption is currently growing at 17 percent a year, compared to just 5 percent among emerging - middle - class and middle - class consumers.

It seems like it should be almost effortless for the general population of our nation to grow some of our own food and cut back on (or eliminate) meat consumption.

As a result of population growth, estimated to grow from 7 towards 10 billion and a doubling of the consumption per capita in 2050, the pressure on land and nature increases significantly.

The increase in use of words like «choose,» «compete,» «private,» «autonomy» and «innovation» demonstrated a growing prevalence of individualistic values coinciding with sharp rises in urban population, household consumption and education levels.

As the world's population continues to grow, so does our consumption of natural resources.

But until the world's population stops growing, there will be no end to the need to squeeze individuals» consumption of fossil fuels and other natural resources.

Perceptions of all fat as unhealthy have resulted in decreased fat consumption in the US population, but the epidemics of obesity and diabetes have continued to grow.

«The great majority of the rural population who grow maize — rain - fed agriculture — for their own consumption are the poorest of the poor and lack the means to invest in the very expensive and risky migration venture.»

As the population grows and move toward urban areas, the desire of driving their Corvette with their hair in the wind, is being replaced by low gas consumption transportation.

Per capita consumption is a function of economies of scale from a growing population, so a shrinking population will not consume at the same rate, even though the resources are there to exploit.

If we keep doing what we are doing now — as we relentlessly grow global economic production capabilities, adamantly condone skyrocketing absolute global human population numbers, and foolishly raise the level of per capita consumption of limited resources — are we not likely to keep getting what we are getting now?

In the face of manifest climate change, the imminence of peak oil and peak natural gas, the increasing extinction of species, the pollution of the oceans and their consequent dead zones, and the population of the world continuing to grow, to see our pattern of consumption beyond our basic needs continuing... well it's quite disheartening.

Of course, growing populations and strengthening economies will also lead to an increase in consumption rates, which means that a family's carbon legacy in these developing countries will grow toward the levels of Western countrieOf course, growing populations and strengthening economies will also lead to an increase in consumption rates, which means that a family's carbon legacy in these developing countries will grow toward the levels of Western countrieof Western countries.

As the human population continues to grow, the consumption of our natural resources and the pollution in the form of used materials, chemicals and emissions increase.

Using a cross-country data set, we show that human population growth rates are negatively related to per - capita energy consumption, with zero growth occurring at ∼ 13 kW, suggesting that the global human population will stop growing only if individuals have access to this amount of power.

Reaching a goal of zero net deforestation will require reducing the pressures that come from population growth, rising affluence, growing biofuel consumption, and the fast - growing use of paper and wood products.

With a young and growing population, low per capita electricity consumption, rapid urbanization and — until recently — strong economic growth, Turkey for nearly two decades has been one of the fastest growing power markets in the world.

While human population grew 5.4 times since 1850, per capita energy consumption exploded at a rate of 8.5 times.

Boundaries which through much of human history seemed remote if they were thought of at all now are being felt acutely in some places and increasingly will be felt acutely more broadly, as both human population and resource consumption grows.

Scientists say that the equivalent of a dump truck load of plastic is deposited in the world's oceans every minute, and this quantity will only increase as consumption and population grow, too.

The UCSD report states, «Hours of information consumption grew at 2.6 percent per year from 1980 to 2008, due to a combination of population growth and increasing hours per capita, from 7.4 to 11.8.»

Janet Larsen from the Earth Policy Institute, says:» «With our human population expanding and resource consumption growing even faster, we are close to hitting the wall in a number of arenas — fresh water, oil reserves, minerals like phosphorous for fertilizer, oceanic fisheries, and nature's ability to absorb climate - altering carbon dioxide, among others.

The global conservation movement is little more than a century old and, throughout its life, has displayed a consistent and defining characteristic: a brave and worthy but often futile struggle against the forces of growing human consumption, typified by persistent and widespread declines in species» populations, habitats, and natural resources, and the rising specter of climate change.

«Increasing consumption in urbanising China has been identified as an important driver of household carbon footprints over the last 20 years due to the growing urban population and incomes, while decreasing carbon intensity of the Chinese economy only weakly dampens these trends,» the study says.