Population Growth and Urbanisation
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I've long worried about population growth - it's something that my mind has never really been able to fully grasp. For instance, how third world countries see their populations double in a short space of time while not solving existing problems of food shortage and poor health simply amazes me. Through marvellous planning we have gone to the moon and beyond, yet still it appears - to me that at least - that we have not sat down and done any sort of sensible planning for world population on our own planet. My own anxious fears force me to ask the question - what will our world look like if populations doubled by 2050?
Tonight I read the following special series on the BBC News site which describes some of what we might be faced with in that timeframe by looking at growing urbanisation trends:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/2006/urbanisation/default.stm
A couple of interesting things that I managed to snip from that feature were this world population counter:
And also these pictures of Dubai. The first picture was taken in 1991 while the second one was taken 14 years later in 2005. This scene is being repeated in many places across the world today.
Dubai in 1991
Dubai in 2005
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Well there's your answer!
posted by
Haacked
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9/21/2006 6:43:06 AM
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Well it's a good thing we figured out how to get people to the moon then, isn't it?
;)
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Not all countries
posted by
Keyvan Nayyeri
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9/21/2006 12:59:25 PM
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What you mentioned is absolutely right but actually this growth isn't for all Middle Eastern and African countries.
Almost all African countries + some Middle Eastern countries such as India, Afghanistan and some others suffer from this.
But on the other hand population is controlled in many Middle Eastern countries. For instance in Iran or many Arabic countries (except Iraq) population was constant in recent years. If you saw Dubai is grown, reason is hidden in something else. More than 90% of their citizens are foreign who are living there to export many things from Dubai to their beloved countries. There are also many tourists who go there for a while and need those tall towers for their hotels.
+ Those photos were very nice ;-)
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informative
posted by
Anjitha
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12/31/2007 9:43:10 PM
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The photo gives an opportunity toknow the difference mad by urbanisation
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Interesting phenomenon
posted by
Anjitha
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12/31/2007 9:51:27 PM
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Though urbanisatoin is a crucial thing it's hard to believe a world with increasing populaion and a lot f pollution connected to it
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