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11Environment of China — This article documents the environment of China.One of the serious negative consequences of the People s Republic of China s rapid industrial development has been increased pollution and degradation of natural resources. Much solid waste is not… …
12Population Reference Bureau — The Population Reference Bureau (PRB), a nonprofit organization, informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and seeks to help them use that information. PRB is located in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1929… …
13Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan — The Population Studies Center is one of the oldest demography centers in the United States, with a distinguished record in both domestic and international population research and training. Introduction and Activities The University of Michigan s… …
14Population pyramid — This distribution is named for the frequently pyramidal shape of its graph. A population pyramid, also called an age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population (typically that… …
15environment — en•vi•ron•ment [[t]ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, ˈvaɪ ərn [/t]] n. 1) the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu 2) ecl the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a… …
16Population Media Center — The Population Media Center is an international population stabilization organization headquartered in Shelburne, Vermont, USA. It s mission is to work with mass media and other organizations worldwide to bring about stabilization of human… …
17Concentrated poverty — refers to a spatial density of socio economic deprivation. In the US it is commonly used in fields of policy and scholarship in reference to areas of extreme or high poverty defined by the US census as areas with 40 percent of the tract… …
18Climate change and poverty — link a process and a condition that are interrelated. While the effects of climate change and global warming will have direct effects on the natural environment especially on agriculture, the impact on human civilization is also of concern.… …
19Child poverty — A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. Child poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited, or …
20World population — estimates from 1800 to 2100, based on UN 2004 projections (red, orange, green) and US Censu …
