Intel notes the inarguable trends in a growing global population, urbanization, and automobile ownership which will continue to make physical travel more time consuming, expensive and an impossible hassle.
With population growth and urbanization continuing, disenfranchisement can only increase unless new seats are created, which would require the support of a two-thirds majority in parliament.
Habitat, says the organization is helping Kenya to tackle some of the challenges brought about by population growth, urbanization and a rapid increase in motor-vehicle ownership.
He also raised the issue of the competition over water, which is increasing worldwide and will deepen with population growth, urbanization and the impacts of climate change.
Climate change effects on groundwater resources are, therefore, closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic and political trends.
The Japanese auto market has already been declining steadily over many years due to its aging and shrinking population, rapid urbanization, leading to space constraints in many Japanese cities and high tax burden on car owners.
Perhaps the most pernicious economic effect of a declining population will be on urbanization.
Global population growth, increased urbanization and rising energy consumption will continue to drive the need for sustainable solutions and manufacturers have a substantial role in developing sustainable solutions that address these drivers.
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In addition, the long-term growth factors for Caterpillar remain intact as rising world population, prosperity and urbanization will increase demand for energy and resources, promoting growth across its industrial businesses: construction, mining and power systems.
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Using this predictive and analytic traffic tool, transportation agencies and city planners in the future will be able to proactively design, manage and optimize transportation systems to deal with ever-increasing traffic due to population growth and increasing urbanization.
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The researchers said Mozambique Channel in particular is facing pressures from population growth, overfishing, urbanization and energy exploration.
As a result of increased investment and a continuation of the urbanization trend, these cities will benefit from significant population growth and the need for new residential and commercial facilities.
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The FAO also reports that food production needs to rise by 70% in the next 40 years to meet population growth, while there will be less available land due to urbanization and climate change.
Tremendous population growth, changes in government policies, development of new technologies, urbanization trends work the same way.
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For example, a company you may know best for manufacturing lawnmowers and tractors has a much bigger mission, aimed squarely at global challenges and opportunities: the impact of population growth on food production, and growing affluence in developing countries leading to greater urbanization, more infrastructure, improved housing and food choices.
However, urbanization is not the only significant characteristic of changes in the spatial distribution of the population.
And expectations are the population and GDP growth in these countries will eclipse those of the developed world, resulting in rapid urbanization and expansion of the middle class in the emerging markets, says Awad.
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