1. Birth Control as an International Program
- Author
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Tang Rf
- Subjects
Economic growth ,Public Administration ,Sociology and Political Science ,Human overpopulation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Developing country ,World population ,Population control ,Birth control ,Economics ,Population growth ,China ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,media_common ,Social policy - Abstract
The author agrees with Kenneth Smail that human overpopulation is of global concern. However while birth control policy has been implemented in China for more than 20 years Chinese people rarely consider the population problem from an international perspective. Population growth and size must be limited because the world is running out of food and other resources. The rapid rise in world population is creating problems for all countries because there are just not enough resources. Raw materials are being consumed at an increasing rate and food production cannot keep pace with the rate of population increase. Almost all discussions about population policy in international forums are about if or how population control policy should be carried out in developing countries. However people in the wealthy developed countries consume a far greater proportion of the worlds resources and produce more pollution than do people in developing countries. Population control policy should therefore be followed in both developed and developing countries.
- Published
- 1997