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Sustainable Development
- Global Challenges and Aspects
1972
Development of society
– what does it mean?
Not enough of food
To much of food
Child mortality – „natural“ solution of population growth??
- in past ages, high infant mortality, diseases and wars prevented the
population growth
Women don‘t want more children,
but more for their children (R. Engelman)
One-child policy (China)
- 1979 - 2015
- circa 400 million children not born
- ethical and socio-economical consequences
- was it really necessary?
Demographical transition
In the 1970s, the government of Bangladesh offered people in the Matlab
region low-cost contraceptive supplies and advice. Birth rates promptly fell
well below neighbouring regions. So Bangladesh extended the service
nationally and its birth rate plummeted from six children per woman to three.
Given the choice, people want fewer children.
- dříve vysoká novorozenecká úmrtnost, nemoci a války
Women don‘t want more children,
but more for their children (R. Engelman)
One-child policy (China)
- 1979 - 2015
- circa 400 million children not born
- ethical and socio-economical consequences
- was it really necessary?
„Voluntary“ One-child policy
- Rich-North countries
- result of demographic transition
Child mortality – „natural“ solution of population growth??