The New International Population Order

"The unprecedented growth of world population in the 20th century has altered the course of all life on this planet. World population nearly quadrupled during the past century, with revolutionary changes in human survival, child bearing, ageing, and urbanization. With increasing globalization, population trends and demographic differences are having greater significance and consequences than in the past. Rapid rates of population growth in some regions, population decline in others, population aging, the historic shift in the world’s urban-rural composition and other critical demographic trends are ushering in a New International Population Order.  An appreciation of these critical population trends and transformations are essential and indeed among the underpinnings for understanding the world of today as well as tomorrow." [Abstract from Conference Program and Book of Abstracts]

[Keynote Address]



[Presented at "Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society", a conference held March 13-16, 2005 in Atlanta, GA (US)]