IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Resource Consumption, Deglobalization, Brexit
26 Mar 2020
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2015 - 7. 3 billion people, increasing 83 million per year. Better access to clean water, food, and health care longer life spans. 1900 - 31 years, 2015 - 70 years, 2050 - 77 years. Spreading to developing world, population piling up. Almost all population growth will be in the developing world, most financially limited areas of the world. Huge challenges: food and water, sanitation, healthcare, education, etc. India to be number one in population terms throughout most of 21st century. Labor forces not growing, populations not growing, some shrinking. Many countries are aging: rising costs of health care, retirement benefits. Create pressures for immigration (stability implications) to maintain economic growth. Us facing manageable growth mainly due to immigration. More than 100 million missing in asia alone. Young unmarried men often a source of instability (china and. 2015 - 55% of population live in cities, 2050 - 66% Africa and asia will experience large urban growth.
