Lam 2011, How the World Survived the Population Bomb
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______ are leveling off/rising in countries advanced in the demographic transition leading to an aging population.
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World population projection in 2011
7 billion people
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1960
When the world population was 3 billion
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39
Between 1960-1999, the doubling time was _____ years
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Demographic transition
Why the demography of the 1960s was so unusual?
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Sub-Saharan Africa
In 1960s, ________ had a record for food production
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Norman Borlaug
Led the Green Revolution
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Future challenges
Global warming, rapid increase in food prices, extreme poverty
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Important authors in demography
Malthus, William Godwin, William Stanley Jevons
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Growth
In 1960, there was an unprecedented rate of population _______
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0
The world population growth rate will approach ____ by 2100
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Never
The world population growth will ____ double again in 40 years
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China
There was a decline of population in poverty from 1981-2005 in _____
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