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Books on: chinese population growth

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Sparing Nature: The Conflict between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity

Book by Jeffrey K. Mckee; Rutgers University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Biological Diversity, Population, Population--Environmental Aspects

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The author of "The Riddled Chain" maintains that mankind's explosive population growth has led to the mass extinction of countless species in the Earth's plant and animal communities. 23 figures.
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An Hypothesis of Population Growth

Book by Ezra Bowen; Columbia University Press, 1931

Subjects:

Demography, Population, Vital Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

...living check the growth of population as effectively as...striking contrast: the Chinese standard of living...circumstances of population growth. The growth of population...apparent slowness of population growth? The sole difference...
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Population Growth and Socioeconomic Progress in Less Developed Countries: Determinants of Fertility Transition

Book by Peter N. Hess; Praeger Publishers, 1988

Subjects:

Demographic Transition--Developing Countries, Developing Countries--Economic Conditions, Developing Countries--Social Conditions, Fertility, Human--Developing Countries

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Review of Major Explanations of Fertility Transition Fertility Determinants in Developing Countries An Empirical Model of the Fertility Transition for Contemporary LDCs Extending the Model: Endogenizing Family Planning Program Effort Regression Diagnostics Realigning the Sample Analysis of Residuals ...
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Review of Major Explanations of Fertility Transition Fertility Determinants in Developing Countries An Empirical Model of the Fertility Transition for Contemporary LDCs Extending the Model: Endogenizing Family Planning Program Effort Regression Diagnostics Realigning the Sample Analysis of Residuals An Eclectic Model of the Fertility Transition Conclusions Appendix A: Data Appendix B: Influence Diagnostics
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Elderly Chinese in Pacific Rim Countries: Social Support and Integration

Book by Iris Chi, Neena L. Chappell, James Lubben; Hong Kong University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Aged--Care--Pacific Area, Aged--Pacific Area--Social Conditions, Chinese--Population

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...many countries with ageing Chinese populations. Accordingly, the focus...abuse. For various reasons, Chinese populations, regardless of their final...Canada, large enclaves of Chinese populations can be found. As a consequence...
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Cantonese as Written Language: The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular

Book by Don Snow; Hong Kong University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Cantonese Dialects--China--Hong Kong--Rhetoric, Chinese Language--Dialects--China--Guangdong Sheng, Chinese Language--Dialects--China--Hong Kong

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...impacted the growth of written Cantonese...Teaching Unit of the Chinese University...overwhelmingly Chinese population goes about most...forms of other Chinese dialects. Second, this growth of written Cantonese...dialect-speaking Chinese communities such as Hong Kong. The growth of written Cantonese...

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Journal Articles on: chinese population growth

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Impact of Population Growth and Land-use Change on Water Resources and Ecosystems of the Arid Tarim River Basin in Western China

Journal article by Yongbo Liu, Yaning Chen; International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 13, 2006

Subjects:

Agricultural production, Basins, Economic development, Ecosystems, Environmental economics, Industry analysis, Land use, Population growth, Sustainable development, Water resources

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...2003). POPULATION GROWTH AND CULTIVATED...XPCC are Han Chinese and migrants...with Han Chinese accounting...2003). The population change was...Population growth was rapid...However, population growth stagnated...
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Population Growth, Urban Sprawl and Landscape Integrity of Beijing City

Journal article by Min Ma, Zhaohua Lu, Yajie Sun; International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 15, 2008

Subjects:

Beijing China, Cities, Environmental economics, Industrialized nations, Population density, Sustainable development, Technological change

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...rapid urbanisation and urban population growth in recent decades. As the capital city and Chinas third largest city in terms of population (after Chongqing and Shanghai), Beijing...and is much greater than that of other Chinese cities (except Shanghai: 88.7%). In the...
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Impact of Population Growth on Education in Ecotopia

Journal article by June Canty; Rural Special Education Quarterly, Vol. 27, 2008

Subjects:

California, Child welfare, Fishing industry, Housing prices, Mentoring programs, No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US, Nuclear reactors, Professional development, Rural schools, School finance, Secondary schools

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...a huge increase in population and in traffic congestion...Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese languages...competing priorities of growth and maintaining the...rural have experienced population growth as housing prices in...
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Allowing Fertility Decline: 200 Years after Malthus's Essay on Population

Journal article by Virginia Deane Abernethy; Environmental Law, Vol. 27, 1997

Subjects:

Zero population growth--Analysis

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...Morocco slow economic growth and a decrease in fertility...representing 58% of the 1988 population), the Chinese (economically dominant...period, the mainland Chinese population grew from an estimated...average population growth rate of the preceding...
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The Great Population Debate: an Opinion Paper

Journal article by Donald A. Collins; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 45, 2005

Subjects:

Demographics, Developing countries--LDCs, Foreign aid, Migration, Population growth, Poverty

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...will determine future world population growth. Results will unfortunately continue...which represent almost 40% of the worlds population - are being skewed in favor of males...adult males called "Bare Branches" by the Chinese". The books authors "argue that this...

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Magazine Articles on: chinese population growth

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Putting the Bite on Planet Earth: Rapid Human Population Growth Is Devouring Global Natural Resources

Magazine article by Don Hinrichsen; International Wildlife, Vol. 24, September 1994

Subjects:

Natural resources--Protection, Population--Environmental aspects

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...many as 100 million Chinese have moved from poorer...More,. ominously, population growth is expected to accelerate...figure. But because of population growth alone, water demand...succeed in checking population growth, the future will bring...
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The Numbers Game: Myths, Truths and Half-Truths about Human Population Growth and the Environment

Magazine article by Jim Motavalli; E, Vol. 15, January 2004

Subjects:

Overpopulation--Analysis, Overpopulation--Environmental aspects

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...an average Mexican, 10 times as much as an average Chinese and 30 times as much as the average person in India...Without a doubt, high consumption rates and rapid population growth work together to degrade the environment, and both...
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Population, Urbanization, and the Environment: Growing Cities Stress Their Natural Surrounding, but They Can Also Help Protect Them

Magazine article by Leiwen Jiang, Malea Hoepf Young, Karen Hardee; World Watch, Vol. 21, September 2008

Subjects:

Environmental sustainability, Population density, Population growth--Environmental aspects, Population--Environmental aspects, Population--Growth, Urbanization--Environmental aspects

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...biodiversity. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED The growth rates of many cities in developing countries...African cities over 90 percent of the urban population lives in such areas. Rivers and canals...Sixty percent of rivers flowing through Chinese cities, for example, do not meet minimum...
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Green Agendas and Grey Dawns: It's Not So Much about How Many of Us There Are on the Planet, but How We Consume, and How We Cope with an Ageing Population

Magazine article by Alastair Bonnett; New Statesman, Vol. 138, March 9, 2009

Subjects:

Population growth--Economic aspects, Population growth--Social aspects, Population policy--Environmental aspects, Population policy--Management, Population--Economic aspects, Population--Growth, Population--Social aspects, United Kingdom--Demographic aspects

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...with still-growing populations, such as India...continuing to "go for growth" are certainly...as the average Chinese. What happens when...in Britain. The Chinese and Indians are...that once world population growth has levelled out...
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A Thirst for Meat: Changes in Diet, Rising Population May Strain China's Water Supply

Magazine article by Sid Perkins; Science News, Vol. 173, January 19, 2008

Subjects:

China--Environmental aspects, Food industry--Forecasts and trends, Industrial development--Environmental aspects, Industrialization--Environmental aspects, Population growth--Environmental aspects, Population--Environmental aspects, Population--Growth, Water consumption--Analysis, Water consumption--China, Water supply--China, Water supply--Economic aspects, Water supply--Social aspects, Water-supply--China, Water-supply--Economic aspects, Water-supply--Social aspects

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...increasing population, along with...Economic growth in China is...changes in the Chinese diet. Chinese...the average Chinese diet, the researchers...the planets population, it has only...continue, some population-growth scenarios suggest...

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Newspaper Articles on: chinese population growth

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Population Growth Driving Climate Change, Poverty

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 22, 2009

Subjects:

Global temperature changes--Growth, Population growth--Growth, Population--Growth, Poverty--Growth

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...billion -- calculated that exponential growth would inevitably lead to famine.Malthuss...that even though the burden of excess population is clear, controversy and taboo stalk...from 20 to 40 million, who enter the Chinese job market each year.The researchers...
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Chinese Dragon May Fire Growth for Wise Investors; EMERGING MARKET

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 6, 2008

Subjects:

Emerging markets--Growth

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...it had virtually been in double-digit growth territory since 1978), suggesting that...taken their toll. Others supposed that Chinese producers had been running down their...the largest in the world in terms of population. While forming part of China, Hong Kong...
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Global Growth Boosts Oil Prices; U.S., Chinese Demand Leads to Record Highs

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 13, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...oil consumer. The agency predicts that Chinese demand will rise by another 14 percent...behind the rising oil consumption. With a population of 1.3 billion, compared with 290 million...the United States, economists say this growth is just beginning. Although Chinas government...
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Columnist Unfairly Portrayed the U.N. Population Fund

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 13, 1999

Subjects:

China, Population Institute

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...absence) - a program in 32 Chinese counties designed to...multilateral provider of population assistance - ignored...about world population growth. Most of us would agree...98 percent of world population growth occurring in the poorest...
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FedEx Cites Growth of Express Delivery Business in China

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 25, 2009

Subjects:

Courier services--Growth, Dow Jones & Company Inc.--Growth, Express delivery services--Growth, FedEx Corp.--Growth, Newspaper publishing--Growth

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Western China represents 50 percent of the population of China so I think we will have to continue...China is unfair and has affected FedExs growth ambitions in the country."We think we...document business takes away from the Chinese consumer a capable competitor," he said...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: chinese population growth

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...10,242,998 in 2000, or 3.6%, and consisted predominantly of people of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, or Japanese origin; an additional 0.6% of the population had a mixed-race background that was partially Asian. The Native American...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...groups represent only about 8% of the population, but the interior regions in which they...area of the country. Among the main non-Chinese minorities are the Zhuang, a Thai-speaking...it has experienced tremendous economic growth since the late 1970s. In large part as...
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Malaysia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the South Asians are Hindu; 9% of the population is Christian. The official language is...English is used in the legal system. Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, and other dialects...propelled the country to an 8% 9% yearly growth rate from 1987 to 1997. Growth contracted...
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California

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Exclusion Act of 1882 (see Chinese exclusion ). A railroad-rate...this period and, in population, soon surpassed San...transportation stimulated the growth of both Los Angeles...Prosperity and rapid population growth continued after the...
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Asia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Organization SEATO) to counter the threat of Soviet and Chinese domination of Asia. In the 1960s, however, the Sino-Soviet...also shaping Asia in the 1970s and 80s. Constant high population growth left many nations struggling with chronic poverty...

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