A new report by the World Wildlife Fund shows an alarming drop in the population of wild animals around the globe over the last fifty years. The situation is at its worst in Latin America and the Caribbean with a decline of 94 percent seen since 1970. For more, check...
Amphibian declines in Latin America: widespread population declines, extinctions, and impacts. Biotropica 37, 163-165.LIPS, K., P. BURROWES, J. MENDELSON, y G. PARRA- OLEA. 2005. Amphibian declines in Latin America: widespread population decline, extinctions, and impacts. Biotropica 37 (2): ...
Accelerated urban growth is one of the main impediments to rapid development in Latin America. Birth rates are closely tied to development and improved living standards in urban areas induce migration to cities. The Brazilian urban population exceeded 70% of the total population in 1980 while rural...
Szekely, M. and P. Mendoza (2015). Is the Decline in Inequality in Latin America Here to Stay? Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Nº 16, pp. 397-419.Szekely M, Mendoza P (2015) Is the decline in inequality in Latin America here to stay? J Hum Dev Capab 16(3): 397...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most unequal regions in the world in terms of wealth and household income. Such inequalities have been shown to influence different outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disruption of rout
Paralleling the decline in deaths a new spirit of responsible parenthood and delayed marriage was lowering birth rates. Population growth which never exceeded 1% had the additional escape valve of emigration to America and Australia. The true cause of environmental degradation is man. When human ...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the fastest aging geographic regions in the developing world. The growth in the percentage of elderly (the number of those aged 65 and older divided by the total population) between 2000 and 2025 is project
The developing world, and in particular Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), has experienced both a secular decline in mortality and significant improvements in the health of its population over the last 200 years. As we start the twenty-first century, a key observation is that the pattern ...
Adams; and Ki-Suk Lee A Comparative Atlas of America's Great Citie... JS Adams - 《Geographical Review》 被引量: 22发表: 1988年 Trends in changes of the hydrobiological and saprobiological states of Tundzha River. 1. 1955-1967 Bibliography Aaron, Henry J. Shelter and Subsidies: Who ...
Latin America has been lifted by this wave but still operates well below its full potential both as a region and at the level of its constituent countries. It has remarkable intrinsic strengths: a population of more than 600 million with a high share of young adults, enormous reserves of mi...