Sentences with phrase «over population growth»

The most recent flurry of alarmism over population growth was a key piece of the ideas of the Club of Rome and the now discredited book Limits to Growth.

Dave (# 2): I appreciate your concerns over population growth but I can not agree that emissions quotas should be based on land area: not all land is created equal.

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Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.

«The relationship of Italians with the EU, over the last year since we've seen some economic growth, it's not been sufficient and satisfactory enough to create confidence among the majority of the population.

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Our museum has worked hard over the last several years to improve our reach into the African - American and Hispanic communities, since the region has a large population of the former and is experiencing rapid growth among the latter group.

That was better than April's 149,000 increase, and over twice as much as 80,000, the number of hires the U.S. Census Bureau reckons the economy needs to churn out each month simply to keep up with population growth.

The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise employees, has increased by about 35 per cent between 1999 and 2009, (from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess of overall growth in population of 11 per cent over that period.

Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

The NEP introduced a wide range of affirmative - action policies that aimed to reduce poverty and promote growth across races, but disproportionately benefitted the Malay Bumiputera population over others.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

This will not only alleviate the significant traffic congestion we face today, but will prepare us for the population growth we know is coming over the next 15 to 20 years, particularly south of the Fraser.

Employment growth is slowing and percentage of the population aged 15 and over working is less today than before the recession.

Of the other MINTs: Indonesia is in a stable recovery, but the importance of commodities like coal and palm oil means it will not return to previous growth levels soon; Nigeria's economy remains overdependent on oil, though Phylaktis sees its «fast - growing population and labor force feeding faster economic growth over the medium term»; and while «Turkey has a lot of potential,» Lau says, «its political and economic management is questionable and casts a shadow over the economy.»

If we factor in population growth, the 12 - month MA of the civilian population - adjusted data (age 16 - and - over) is down 0.06 % month - over-month and unchanged year - over-year.

Annual spending increases compound out at 6.4 % over the period 2001 - 2002 to 2010 - 2011, while population growth compounds out at 1.2 % over the same period.

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

Demographic trends have shifted dramatically in the U.S. over the past half century toward an older population, and hence potential growth has to be structurally lower today, even as we hire great numbers of people (to say nothing of deploying ever greater numbers of robots).

While net overseas migration to NSW has fallen over this period, increased outflows of residents to other states have accounted for around two - thirds of the decline in population growth.

Similarly, the urban population is projected to grow about 1.6 % per year over this period, and this can be used as a proxy for growth of the middle class to a lower bound of 3 billion.

Globally, the Muslim population is forecast to grow at about twice the rate of the non-Muslim population over the next two decades — an average annual growth rate of 1.5 % for Muslims, compared with 0.7 % for non-Muslims.

Atheism is currently the fastest growing demographic, having more than doubled over the last decade and in the youth population the growth rate seems to be exponential.

Even the Brundtland Commission, which at first glance seems to be an exception with its blunt language about unsustainable population growth, ends in a familiar UN place: «Talking of population just as numbers glosses over an important point: People are also a creative resource, and this creativity is an asset societies must tap....

That now two - thousand years later Islam may pa - ss Christianity by pure population growth over conversions based on a change in belief is not a comparison.

People would enjoy longevity (a foretaste of eternal life), sustained population growth over many generations (Reconstructionists believe that world overpopulation is a myth), and material prosperity under their dominion.

A comparative study of population growth and the growth of the Sikh movement over the last four decades indicates a steady growth, substantially exceeding the percentage increase of the total population.

This was in spite of a prodigious growth in population due partly to the excess of births over deaths and partly to immigration from Europe.

Opening a two - day High - Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 Diouf told the 300 delegates that over the next 40 years: «The combined effect of population growth, strong income growth and urbanization... is expected to result in almost the doubling of demand for food, feed and fibre.»

Ready meals have experienced significant growth in Japan (over US$ 15 billion market size) largely due to their growing elderly population.43 Chilled and frozen ready meals are also seeing growth across Asia with the increasing reach of the cold chain and growing levels of refrigerator ownership in cities.

The report shows organic farming is forecast to record outstanding growth of 50 % over the next five years and anticipates Australian farmers will export more food as Asia's population continues to grow.

China has observed declining population growth for over a decade as a result of the one - child policy and a therefore subsequent reduction in household size.

Over the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half centOver the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half centover the next half century.

Land is tight and the city already reports it has too little parkland given population growth so there is huge push back on turning anything over to private developers.

However, the two sides can not agree on elimination of a second seat, as required by New York's slow population growth over the past 10 years relative to the other states.

In recent years, China and India have similarities in that they both have huge populations and have experienced extraordinary economic growth over the past decades.

Speaking at the signing of the MoU held at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Ikeja, State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, said that the need for the bridge had become imperative following the phenomenal growth of the State with a population of over 21 million people, which has in turn increased commercial activities and traffic gridlock.

Note that means that the policy of adding lanes was able to negate the effects of traffic growth by both induced traffic and population growth over this period of 10 years.

On the one hand, the ANC have presided over 14 years of consecutive economic growth and totally defied those who predicted collapse; electricity now reaches 80 % of the population; 65 % of five year olds are enrolled at school, and social welfare assistance has increased four-fold.

Pennsylvania's congressional delegation already had a 12 - 7 Republican advantage over Democrats heading into the last round of redistricting, when the state lost a congressional seat because of lagging population growth.

Over the past 15 years, Utica finally turned around its population decline, stabilizing and even squeaking out a little bit of population growth, according to Census Bureau estimates.

Board 1's Diana Switaj, who prepared the report, updated it for the meeting with a chart showing that the overall C.B. 1 population growth towered over all other community boards in the city.

That 5.6 percent increase is fueled largely by the explosive growth in New York's Medicaid population fueled by the A.C.A.The number of Medicaid recipients is set to exceed 6.1 million by the end of fiscal year 2015, a nearly 9 percent increase in the caseload over the prior year.

This plan continues Cuomo's approach of focusing the state's economic development grants outside of New York City, which is home to over half of its population but also has led in job growth over the past several years.

Nevertheless, even if ancient trees regained their fertility, repeated bouts of sterility could have hampered population growth over time, leading to collapse of the biosphere planet - wide, according to Benca.

They are looking at whether they bring with them their own parasites and if they are able to acquire native British parasites, which may result in suppressing population growth over time.

Given the scale of global population growth, the challenge still seems daunting: the world will need to accommodate 2 billion more urban dwellers (pdf) by 2030, a rate of expansion equivalent to building about 13 great cities (each with over 5 million inhabitants) per year, almost all in developing countries.

The data showed that energy use has generally outpaced population growth over the last few hundred years.

Houghton suggests this target could be met if developed countries cut their emissions by 20 per cent over the coming 25 years, while developing countries double theirs, to allow room for population growth and economic development.

Over the past century, chemical fertilisers have been used to boost nitrogen levels and crop yields, helping global food supply keep pace with population growth.

The new paper stems from a National Science Foundation - funded, interuniversity research project which focuses on understanding how water sustainability in the United States has changed over the past 30 years as a result of climate change and population growth.