Monthly Archives: February 2008

Resource Making Characteristics of Population

The phenomenon of social well-being, though subjective, can be measured by studying several indirect indicators. Among them the demographic structure of human resource, socio-cultural and economic indicators are important. The resource making characteristics of human population include density of population, … Continue reading

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Social Indicators

Summarising from the experience of social indicators application in the United States, Cobb and Rixford listed 12 lessons for the current development of social indicators that will make an impact to the society: q Obtaining a figure does not equate … Continue reading

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Urban Population

The world’s urban population increased from about 200 million (15% of world population) in 1900 to 2.9 billion (50% of world population) in 2000, and the number of cities with populations in excess of 1 million increased from 17 in … Continue reading

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Urban Poverty

Increasing poverty is biggest challenge to the metropolitan economies. The urban poor who were 16 million in 1971-73 have increased to 8.3 million in 1987-88. There is a slight increase in the incidence of poverty between 1973-74 and 1977-78 followed … Continue reading

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