Demography

Aboriginal Population development The estimates about how many Aborigines were living in Australia in 1788 differ. According to Blake (1981), it were about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia, divided into about 600 tribes with around 500 members each (Blake, 1981). However, according to Dixon, Ramson & Thomas (1990), their total number of that time lay between one and two million, divided into about 700 tribes. In 1921, the Aboriginal population was at its lowest level so far with around 60,000…

William Bernstein’s “A Splendid Exchange” is a sweeping narrative discussing the history of trade across the world. The book goes on to look at the future insights of the trade while taking into account the current globalization which causing havoc across the world. This book reminds people that the desire to trade is one of human’s oldest instincts and it is believed to have contributed to immense development. According to Adam Smith, considered the father of modern economics, the propensity…

In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas, twelve, is chosen to be a community’s Receiver of Memories. In the event that Jonas further learns the utopian community is not as halcyon and perfect as it has always seemed. With this in mind, he decides to flee the community in order to return all the memories he has to the community. As a matter of fact, the world problem that humans are facing now is overpopulation, and although written in 1993, the novel has dealt with the problem by…

The factors that affect the health of a population are births, death, immigration, and emigration 2. IDENTIFY TWO examples of density dependent factors. DESCRIBE how density dependent factors affect the size of a population. ANSWER: Density dependent factors could be food, water, and shelter. Density-dependent factors affect the size of the population because if there was not enough food, water, or shelter for the increasing population, the population will begin to level off until they hit…

When you think of the words “urban guerrilla” what are the first things that come to mind? In addition to those words, what are the first thoughts that come to mind when you see “out of the mountains”? These are the keywords that stood out to me when picking this book to read. With not having any prior knowledge of either of these two phrases, my mind began to wonder when I initially glanced over the title of this book. Let’s start with the phrase “urban guerrilla”. Carlos Marighella, a…

The Negative Effect of Overpopulation Imagine living in a world that has so many people that one could barely walk down the street without running into someone. Imagine waking up every morning and not inhaling the fresh air. Circumstances like these would occur if the world continues to grow in population. Overpopulation can result from an increased birth rate or when the Earth’s resources are unsubstantial for the population. An increased amount of unplanned births has caused a significant…

In 1979 the Family Planning Policy was instituted by Deng Xiaoping as part of the Communist party initiative (Buckley 1). This policy, in effect, was instituted in an effort to limit married citizens to having one child only; this policy is also known as the one-child policy. The policy effected a decrease in fertility rate from about 5.8 births at its peak in 1960s, to less than 2 births in the 1990s. (Branigan 2). As a result, there was a dramatic decline in live births over the next 30…

During 1804 the world’s population reached its first billion. Up until the last century the human population has been increasing rapidly. Today it has reached about 7.4 billion people, adding about 80 million per year. There are many different theories and views about how population growth is affecting the world we live in today, but one of the main theories was Malthus’s. In the late 1700s Thomas Malthus proposed that “population growth would eventually outstrip food production and lead to…

In an age where people rely heavily on their smartphones, Tinder is the most popular dating application on both Android and IOS, with over ten million users on it every day looking for their match. Therefore, Tinder has an unique opportunity for targeted advertisements, whether for local hotel rooms, or classy restaurants for a first date. However, this can only be done effectively if Tinder has the correct demographic information. Additionally, accurate demographic information will allow Tinder…

The Untied State aging society will considerably be higher in the coming few years when the post war baby boomers are retiring. This will place a significant additional burden on the income security spending of the U.S. government and bring new challenges to existing economic policies. This paper analyses the impact of increasing aging population on the macroeconomic variables in the labor market, government spending, and fiscal policy of the United States economy. Introduction…