human population

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandpopulation

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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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 ofhumanandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Together they created a practice of environmental management that took little account of the growinghumanpopulationof the area.
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In the past, the concepts and practices of wild-living-resource conservation proceeded as if thehumanpopulationproblem can be ignored in day-to-day planning and actions.
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Increased monthly counts of rabid raccoons and skunks and decreasinghumanpopulationdensity increased the probability of cat rabies in most models.
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Despite this, a certain infection pressure to thehumanpopulationis maintained, especially in rural areas.
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Thehumanpopulationdensity is quite high and it is an ' inner city ' borough.
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All unfertilized eggs shed by thehumanpopulationaccounted for <10 % of the total number of eggs produced.
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The approach was primarily biological rather than cultural, the work attempting to combine sociocultural anthropology, ecology,humanpopulationbiology, and demography.
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One set represented the records of 11 surveys of the entirehumanpopulation, which included the numbers of unfertilized and fertilized eggs per person.
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That is, the resource base is not sufficiently productive to support ahumanpopulationwith a given technology.
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Humanpopulationgrowth and the carrying capacity concept.
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If thehumanpopulationdwindles, the natural progress of desertification could well proceed unimpeded.
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The theme is the balance sheet between growth inhumanpopulationand growth in food production.
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The study of the distribution of matrimonial distances is extremely important in the understanding ofhumanpopulationstructure.
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The analysis of matrimonial distances is, therefore, of considerable importance in the study ofhumanpopulationstructure.
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Professionals with awareness of the risks associated with introducing novel pathogens into thehumanpopulationshould speak publicly.
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These data suggest a process whereby vulnerability to schizophrenia is maintained in thehumanpopulation despite reproductive disadvantages of this illness.
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The growth of thehumanpopulationto unprecedented size is itself an aspect of global change.
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It is almost certain that the only practicable way to reduce human per capita resource demand is to stabilize and then decrease thehumanpopulation.
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This book takes a different stance from most books on volcanoes by focusing on the interaction between volcanoes and thehumanpopulation.
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