Showing results for "Population" in Social Sciences

While millions face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation, the world's population is increasing by over 225,000 people per day, 80 million per year. In many countries, supplies of food and water are inadequate to support the population, so the world falls deeper and deeper into what economists call the "Malthusian trap". Here, Malthus examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence.

Minneapolis and St. Paul are, respectively, the largest city and the capital of the state of Minnesota. Together, they're often referred to as the "Twin Cities" because they border one another—the local baseball team (the Minnesota Twins) even adopted the moniker.

From the food we eat, the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprecedented number of deaths due to medications for diseases that may not even exist, obscure cancers caused by our modern devices, and brutal police...

​​Welcome to Population Next, the podcast that helps business leaders and policymakers navigate the biggest—and most overlooked—threat to their future: demographic change. Hosted by Bradley Schurman, author of The Super Age and a leading expert in population dynamics, this show is your guide to turning challenges into opportunities. Each episode explores how shifting population patterns—declining birth rates, aging societies, and accelerated global migration—are transforming the way we work, live, and do business. With expert insights, real-world case studies, and forward-thinking ...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. THE AMERICAN POPULATION: The social conditions and social future of America constitute a system of problems quite distinct and separate from the social problems of any other part of the world.

Dive into the most comprehensive projection of Russia’s population and ethnic landscape by the year 2070. This meticulous analysis goes far beyond national totals, providing granular, region-by-region estimates for every Oblast, Okrug, and Autonomous Region.

To have or not have kids is one of the biggest decisions we make in our lives, and yet how many of us know that we even have a choice about how we define and create our families? Beyond Pronatalism host Nandita Bajaj interviews women and men from diverse backgrounds who are courageously and creatively navigating pronatalism - the powerful pressures to have children - whether from family, friends, or the culture at large. Through intimate conversations, they discuss how they are forging unconventional pathways to fulfillment, including redefining what family means to them - whether that means ...

Powered by Huma-Faith, a 501 C3 Nonprofit (www.humafaith.org), this is a Informative Social Justice Platform highlighting real stories and/or issues that disclose causes, needs, remedies, and/or solutions to systemic oppression, discrimination, & oversight that negatively impact Hidden-Struggling Populations in America - e.g. homeless persons, prisoners, African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Women, Differently Abled Persons (physical and/or Mental), etc. 

OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of 'shrinking ...

General Population with Marco Lesher is an in depth exploration of community, culture, fortune, failure and every shade in between. All worlds, all times.....almost n’ beyond.

CROSSING THE LINE (CTLpod) is a verite’ style audio documentary series telling stories from the frontlines in the fight for reproductive freedom. The series follows individuals who seek abortion services and the heroes who help along the way. Each episode allows the listener to experience the numerous barriers faced and the ways people overcome them as the battle for abortion rights rages across the U.S. Visit CTLpod.com to find out more about the podcast, resources for abortion care, and information on how you can take action.

Human Geography For Dummies introduces you to the ideas and perspectives encompassed by the field of human geography and makes a great supplement to human geography courses in high school or college. So what is human geography? Human geography explores the relationship between humans and their natural environment, tracking the broad social patterns that shape human societies. You'll learn about immigration, urbanization, globalization, empire and political expansion, and economic systems, to name a few.

‘An inspirational call to arms’ DAILY MAIL ‘This book is so sensible, so substantially researched, so briskly written, so clear in its arguments, that one wishes Baroness Cavendish was still whispering into the prime ministerial ear’ THE TIMES ‘A thoughtful handbook to help societies...

"Florida's Changing Latino Population Veers from GOP" is from the October 02, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julia Preston and Lizette Alvarez and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Debate over Prison Population Turns to the States" is from the April 11, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Eavis and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Guantánamo Population Drops to 93 after 10 Prisoners Go to Oman" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"As Aging Population Grows, so Do Robotic Health Aides" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by John Markoff and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"African Elephant Population Dropped 30 Percent in 7 Years" is from the September 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Niraj Chokshi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages" is from the November 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

The human population is growing at an alarming rate that cannot be sustained by current systems. The world has seen a 200 percent increase in the population rate from 1950 to the present day, putting humanity on the verge of self-destruction for all life on Earth. We are running out of fossil fuels, food supplies, and space while seeking to create more and more power to energize our modern world. The prognosis is bleak unless we find a way to create power and harness alternative energy to keep up with our current unsustainable demand.