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Conclusion - Can China feed itself?
While lifestyle change associated with increasing prosperity has led to very low voluntary fertility rates in urban areas, the situation is certainly different in the countryside. In rural areas ... children, if family planning restrictions were relaxed. However, only a slight increase in average fertility would increase China's population - and mouths to feed - by hundreds of millions. China ...
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Table - Recent fertility estimates for China
Order Form Feedback What others say heilig@iiasa.ac.at Data - Population Recent Fertility Estimates for China: Total Fertility Rates by Age, 1995 County (rural) Town (urban) City (urban) Age TFR measured correction ... 1.13 1.43 Total Country Recent fertility surveys in China have reported extremely low levels of fertility. The raw figures from the 1995 1% fertility survey are as low as 1.13 ...
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U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
Fertility rates are falling in most countries, however, and the mid-range projection of the UN, based ...
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U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
If fertility rates did not decline, a constant growth scenario would be even more alarming. In fact, very small changes in fertility can ... will die before her or his first birthday. Infant and child mortality rates are strongly correlated with fertility rates and can be mutually reinforcing. High infant and child mortality can prompt ...
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EcoFuture (TM) Population and Sustainability - Scientists Say Future is in the Balance
Assuming nevertheless that there will in the future be substantial and sustained falls in fertility rates, the global population is expected in the UN's mid-range projection to rise ... family planning, combined with continued economic and social development in the LDCs, will help stabilize fertility rates at lower levels and reduce stresses to the global environment. At the same time, greater ...
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EcoFuture (TM) Population and Sustainability - Population, Immigration, and Global Ethics
We often hear that population is just a "symptom" and that the real problems ... have a much smaller number of children. The media openly discussed this matter and Japanese fertility rates took a dramatic decline. Today, Japanese children are the healthiest and best educated children ...
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GEO-2000: Chapter One: Global Perspectives - The key drivers
Currently, the highest fertility rates tend to be found in countries suffering from poverty, food insecurity and natural resource degradation. Since falling fertility is correlated with rising income ...
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Deviant Behavior
On average, a female has two cubs, which remain with her until their second ... , says Joe Clark, laboratory field director of the Southern Appalachian Field Laboratory. "Understanding reproductive rates, mast failures, and things bears do in terms of moving out of Park boundaries- ...
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Virginia Abernethy
Population and Environment. Abernethy is an expert regarding the "Demographic Transition" theory, the idea that fertility rates are automatically reduced with economic or social improvements. Dr. Abernethy is a member of the ...
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SPA :: Infosheets :: Declining Fertility
Infosheets :: Declining Fertility SPA Infosheet Declining Fertility - Welcome Wherever It Occurs January 2000 Fertility rates in developed countries are declining and many are fearful of a future in which populations ... makes great demands on natural resources and low fertility is as least as important among rich as among poor nations. Low fertility leads gradually to a higher average age but ...
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