It is instructive to examine the past when attempting to understand the present and anticipate the future. In this spirit I believe we can agree that developments in science and technology have had a great influence not only on the production and processing of food animals, but also on our dietary habits. Before these developments, domestication of plants and animals facilitated many changes in...

Saudi Arabia, divided into 5 planning regions, 13 administrative regions and further to 118 governorates (administrative units), has diverse demographic characteristics from one region to another and from one governorate to another. Rural to urban migration and an exodus of immigrants characterize the Kingdom, where development planning depend largely upon local level requirements based on econ...

Accelerating urbanization has been viewed as an important instrument for economic development and reducing regional income disparity in some developing countries, including China. Recent studies (Bloom et al. 2008) indicate that demographic urbanization level has no causal effect on economic growth. However, due to the varying and changing definition of urban population, the use of demographic ...

Epizootics (nonhuman animal disease epidemics) can have detrimental impacts on livelihoods through a complex interaction of demographic trends, food production, and animal disease. Differences in the rate of demographic shifts, including rates of population growth, economic growth, urbanization, environmental sustainability, and role of women in society, are strong driving forces that will dete...

Urbanization posits the expression of urban expanse expansion due to population growth, rise in built-up areas, high density and its correspondingly way life. Unrestrained impetus development land use cover change (LULCC) portent several issues such as unlawful sprawl, loss agricultural land, forest other associated complications. This study analyzed dynamics urbanization LULCC Ghana’s Greater ...

This paper is mainly devoted to lay an empirical foundation for further research on complex spatial dynamics of two-population interaction. Based on the US population census data, a rural and urban population interaction model is developed. Subsequently a logistic equation on percentage urban is derived from the urbanization model so that spatial interaction can be connected mathematically with...