The right response to that, though, would be to curb pollution and try to alter the pattern of growth to make it less resource-intensive, rather than to control population directly.

正确的解决方式应该是防止污染并试着改变经济增长方式，如减少资源集中性产业，而非通过直接控制人口来实现增长。

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It's unpopular to apply sustainability to the concept of population growth, as the word "population" evokes worries about state control and limits on reproductive freedom.

由于“人口”这个词会导致对于国家控制以及生育自由限制方面的忧虑，将可持续性加到人口增长的概念上并不为人所乐见。

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The main objectives of the project are to improve water supply in Changchun to meet the domestic needs of the urban population, support industrial growth, and control urban water pollution.

本项目的主要目标是改善长春市供水条件，满足城市人口生活用水需求，支持工业增长，控制城市水污染。

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Syria will reach the limit of food self-sufficiency in 10-35 years, depending on the effectiveness of its measures to improve irrigation efficiency and agricultural yields, and to control population growth.

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The right response to that, though, would be to curb pollution and try to alter the pattern of growth to make it less resource-intensive, rather than to control population directly.

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You project out 20-30 years -- almost all the growth is because health care costs are just going out of control and we've got an older population that's going to need more care.

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