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2010-W22(*) Topic: "Overpopulation"
- Problems
Shortage of vital resources: living place, healthy food, drinking water, fresh air
Lack or low quality of social services: health care, education, protection
Social problems in huge agglomerations: Migration, Discrimination, Exploitation, Criminality, Addictions
Economic problems: poverty, unemployment
- Future situation
Further growing problems
Limits of overpopulation
- Solutions
Birth control
Proper education
Decent living conditions
Moral eugenics
- Undesirable depopulation
Wars
Diseases
Natural disasters
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(*) ISO 8601 week format
Links
related FIGU documents:
- http://us.figu.org/portal/SocialIssues/ACrusadeAgainstOverpopulation/tabid/102/Default.aspx
- http://us.figu.org/portal/SocialIssues/BirthRateCheck/tabid/104/Default.aspx
external documents (*): http://www.albartlett.org/presentations/bartlett_presentations.html !!! different opinion: http://overpopulationisamyth.com/ ---------- (*) non-active links, please copy and paste them to access listed websites
If you have good web resources regarding this topic please share them with us during discussion.
Time of meetings
| Part 1 | Part 2 | City/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 07:00 PM | Saturday, 11:00 AM | Honolulu/HI-US |
| Friday, 10:00 PM | Saturday, 02:00 PM | Vancouver/CA; Los_Angeles/US |
| Friday, 11:00 PM | Saturday, 03:00 PM | Calgary/CA; Salt_Lake_City/US |
| Saturday, midnight | Saturday, 04:00 PM | Winnipeg/CA; Chicago/US; Mexico/MX; Bogota/CO; Lima/PE |
| Saturday, 01:00 AM | Saturday, 05:00 PM | Toronto/CA; New_York/US, Miami/US; Santiago/CL; Caracas/VE |
| Saturday, 02:00 AM | Saturday, 06:00 PM | Sao_Paulo/BR; Buenos_Aires/AR |
| Saturday, 06:00 AM | Saturday, 10:00 PM | London/UK, Lisbon/PT |
| Saturday, 07:00 MF | Saturday, 23:00 MF | Stockholm/SE, Paris/FR, Berlin/GE, Zurich/CH, Rome/IT, Madrid/ES, Warsaw/PL |
| Saturday, 08:00 MF | Sunday, 00:00 MF | Helsinki/FI, Riga/LV, Kiev/UA; Jerusalem/IL; Istanbul/TR |
| Saturday, 09:00 MF | Sunday, 01:00 MF | Moscow/RU |
| Saturday, 10:00 AM | Sunday, 02:00 AM | Karachi/PK |
| Saturday, 10:30 AM | Sunday, 02:30 AM | Dehli/IN |
| Saturday, noon | Sunday, 04:00 AM | Novosibirsk/RU; Jakarta/ID; Bangkok/TH |
| Saturday, 01:00 PM | Sunday, 05:00 AM | Beijing/CN; Manila/PH; Perth/AU |
| Saturday, 02:00 PM | Sunday, 06:00 AM | Tokyo/JP; Seoul/KR |
| Saturday, 03:00 PM | Sunday, 07:00 AM | Sydney/AU |
| Saturday, 05:00 PM | Sunday, 09:00 AM | Auckland/NZ |
How to participate
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