ch 2 : Thoughts and Ruminations
The three articles from the dropbox talk mainly about population growth. Population growth is how many new children are born for every death. The article 'The Population Surprise' talks about how the Earth's population will grow til the year 2050, then it will start to decline. In more developed countries, the birth rate has fallen as women become more involved in the workplace and less involved in making families. The European birth rate is at 1.2 which is a declining population; the US's birth rate is at 2.1 which is barley growing however the US's population grows largely from immigrants. The article about Putin, the President of Russia, talks about how Russia's population is declining and if they do not act soon Russia will become an 'empty space'. After fifty years, death rates are expected to overtake birthrates. If this happens, then the global population will slowly decline. The decline in the birth rate is a direct result of women's/people's values changing from having more kids to going out and doing more.
SENTENCE about 'population'
The Earth's population will be at 9.7 billon by the year 2050, but it will then grow so by the year 2100 the Earth's population will be at 10-11 billion. That is an increase of 3 billion, and then the population is expected to plateau.
article : http://www.bangkokpost.com/.../earth-population-to-peak-at-9-7-bln
article : http://www.bangkokpost.com/.../earth-population-to-peak-at-9-7-bln