POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kyoto Protocol, 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Sub-Saharan Africa
15 Oct 2017
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Demographic trends and resources issues: world population growth. 200 years ago, thomas malthus warned that populations tend to grow faster than the food supply. Experts who warn against world overpopulations are sometimes called malthusian. Malthusians have been criticized by scholars who believe that technological innovations are allowing for more food and other resources to be extracted: population policies. Many states adopt measures to control their population growth (e. g. china). Other states adopt policies to encourage births (e. g. canada): migration. People emigrate from states with security threats and/or limited employment opportunities and immigrate to states with greater opportunities. Both legal and illegal immigration often produces tensions in the country of destination. International refugees and internally displaced persons are critical human security issues: infectious diseases. The states of the south lag behind those of the north in terms of their capacities to deal with infectious diseases like hiv/aids sars and ebola.
