Population explosion and development policy

Population explosion.

Correspondence It would appear that four bodies are concerned , the driver, the public, the insurance companies, and the doctors. The first three might be taken together, for I understand that the insurance companies are no more concerned with the elderly driver as an insurance risk than with anyone else; in fact if the amount of premium required is a criterion he is considered to be less of a ...

Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Development Roadmaps

In the past ten years, significant progress has been made in nuclear explosion monitoring (NEM) through research and development (R&D) with regard to detection, location and identification, however substantial improvements are yet possible. Today, there is increasing interest in both current and planned NEM R&D technology particularly in light of its relevance to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-...

Delayed population explosion of an introduced butterfly.

1. The causes of lagged population and geographical range expansions after species introductions are poorly understood, and there are relatively few detailed case studies. 2. We document the 29-year history of population dynamics and structure for a population of Euphydryas gillettii Barnes that was introduced to the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA in 1977. 3. The population size remained low (< ...

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

The Population Explosion—A Personal Opinion

? 11,000 and 1,041,000 ? 36,000 (1). Many people in this and other countries are desperately concerned about the present population explosion. Some countries are doubling their population in twenty five years or so. Brazil is a case in point, a country which most of us would consider to contain a large percentage of people who live below the poverty line. These people fight to improve their lot...