global population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofglobalandpopulation
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global
adjective
uk/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/us/ˈɡloʊ.bəl/
relating to the ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofglobalandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofglobal population
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Human consumption andglobalpopulationare increasing, and experts warn that natural resources are finite and that current levels of resource exploitation cannot be maintained.
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One example he provides, that of the protection of women's "reproductive rights" in the context ofglobalpopulationcontrol policy.
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The study countries represented almost 44% of theglobalpopulationin 1998 (19).
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Thus, all of the net annual gain inglobalpopulationwill, in effect, come from developing countries.
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In 2000, theglobalpopulationaged 60 years and older totalled 205 million persons, and it is expected to reach 1.2 billion by 2025.
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All of the scenarios share the same assumptions about demographics - theglobalpopulationgrows to 10.1 billion in 2050 and 11.7 billion in 2100.
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Nonetheless, these efforts have not yet been adequate to haltglobalpopulationgrowth, which continues now at an annual rate of 1.4 per cent.
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Then, the ranking of theglobalpopulationis carried out followed by the crowding distance calculation.
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Although these calculations lack robustness, their implication is clear: any substantial increase in the disease burden of theglobalpopulationwould be an economic as well as a human catastrophe.
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On superficial first inspection, the argument is seductive: the availability of key resources such as minerals and good supply, have steadily increased with increasingglobalpopulationsize (see figure 1).
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During the past 40 years, thanks to a continuing stream of highyielding varieties combined with improved crop management practices, food production has kept pace withglobalpopulationgrowth.
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Meeting the growing demand for more and better food for an expandingglobalpopulationis a major concern; experts look increasingly to the production potential of rain-fed agriculture.
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In a patchy population the quality of the environment experienced by an individual is determined not byglobalpopulationaverages but by the parameter values in each patch.
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Globalpopulationand the nitrogen cycle.
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Almost 40% of theglobalpopulationlive in river catchments extending across more than two countries.
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Globalpopulationgrowth of 2.5 billion people by 2020 means that almost 90% of this increase will take place in the developing countries.
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It is estimated that by 2015, theglobalpopulationwill have reached 7.5 billion.
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When consideringglobalpopulationgrowth, one does not have to be a genius to see that the major factor associated with large families is poverty.
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Theglobalpopulationis growing, and food is becoming scarcer worldwide.
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