How Melbourne’s city will turn into ManhattanHerald SunThe Baillieu Government is driving population growth inwards and upwards, with more than 13,000 apartments under construction or awaiting approval in central Melbourne. Construction is already under way on 6000 apartments in the CBD and Southbank, …See all stories on this topic »UAE’s population boom breeds rising demand Continue Reading →
How Population, Energy Supply, and the Economy Depend on Each OtherOilPrice.comPopulation growth rate prior to the year 1 C. E. based on McEvedy & Jones, “Atlas of World Population History”, 1978; later population as well as GDP based on Angus Madison estimates; energy growth estimates are based on estimates by Vaclav Smil in …See all Continue Reading →
How Many Jobs Are Needed to Keep Up with Population Growth?Economic PopulistThe press quotes all sorts of figures for the number of monthly job gains needed to keep up with population growth. We see numbers like 80,000, 100,000, 125,000 and 175,000 thrown around like statistical snow as the number of jobs needed each month …See Continue Reading →
How best to respond to a growing populationThe GuardianEven those who are worried by population growth would accept that slowing down improvements in healthcare (to reduce longevity) or in childcare (to reduce fertility) would be cutting off our nose to spite our face. All the more important, many will say …See all stories on this Continue Reading →
Growth is a choice, not our destinyVancouver SunNow, most of this population growth is not coming in the developed world. Europe and Japan are actually shrinking in natural growth and the United States is barely holding its own. The less developed world is exploding both in numbers and in carbon use …See all stories on this topic Continue Reading →
News 10 new results for POPULATION GROWTH Population growth prompts Phoenixville to redraw political boundariesThe MercuryAll members of the committee, which include Mayor Lee Scoda, council members Jennifer Mayo and Christopher Bauers, and citizens Larry Tillotson and Mike Kuznar, attended the Aug. 2 meeting which featured much poring over maps colored by ward and …See all stories Continue Reading →