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How fast is population size increasing?

What are the causes of increase?

What are the effects of increase?

Population increase myths.

Exponential Growth Questions

If the current rate of world population increase is 1.31%, how many additional people will inhabit the planet in one year?

Questions of Freedom

The Economic Costs of Population Growth

Should municipal entities, such as schools, city boundaries, and water and sewage systems be designed and built for a target population size? Should additional residents (born children and/or migrants) have to live elsewhere once a city has reached its maximum size?

Which tools are effective at slowing population increase?

Author: Crispin Pierce

Email: crispo@u.washington.edu

Home Page: http://depts.washington.edu/digital/ENVH514

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