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Japan: Is Population Decline the Solution?

Japan: Is Population Decline the Solution?. Global Change II: Section 4, Winter 2006 Jessie Robertson, Jama Poff, and Ashley Voticky. “ Short of nuclear war itself, [population growth] is the gravest issue that the world faces over the decades ahead” – Robert McNamara.

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Japan: Is Population Decline the Solution?

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  1. Japan: Is Population Decline the Solution? Global Change II: Section 4, Winter 2006 Jessie Robertson, Jama Poff, and Ashley Voticky

  2. “Short of nuclear war itself, [population growth] is the gravest issue that the world faces over the decades ahead” – Robert McNamara Do we want to live in a sustainable society with problems left to solve or one that will eventually deplete its means of survival and sputter to a halt? Problem of Population Growth

  3. Air Pollution Water Pollution Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions Deforestation Loss of Biodiversity Environmental Problems “Vertebrate communities with high species diversity will contain a greater proportion of incompetent reservoir hosts that deflect blood meals away from the most competent reservoirs.” - David Allan

  4. Pollution: Problem of Growth • Increased auto emissions due to population growth • Air Pollution Control Laws • Automobile NOx Law of 1992, only 196 cities included • Dramatic decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in past few decades • Increase nuclear energy reservoirs by 30% in ten years • Increase nuclear waste Air Pollution in Fuji, Japan Image retrieved from: http://www.demographia.com/db-fuji.htm

  5. Japan’s Age/Sex Pyramid Burgards, Sarah. "Theories and Perspectives." University of Michigan, Sociology 330 (Winter 2006). January 10, 2006.

  6. Economics vs. Environment Should action that will eventually lead to destruction of our resources, and possibly even the economy be considered growth? Burgards, Sarah. "Theories and Perspectives: Part II." University of Michigan, Sociology 330 (Winter 2006). January 12, 2006.

  7. “Economic growth” due to population growth Economic disparities increase Urban sprawl Infringement on forested area Deforestation Loss of Biodiversity Increased outbreaks of epidemics Social and economic disruption Economic Decline “Pandemics… invariably cause high morbidity and mortality and great social disruption and economic losses. Conservative estimates… suggest that the next pandemic could cause from 2 million to 7.4 million deaths.” -- World Health Organization Economic Ties to Public Health

  8. Gender Equality • State of population, development, and environment with direct relation to status of women • Can status of women contribute to population control? Abreu, Vincent. “Sustainable Development”. University of Michigan, Global Change II: Human Impact. March 29, 2006.

  9. Blaming the disenfranchised for environmental destruction and their own state of poverty is no way to address the world’s problems. Extreme social and political inequalities, and concentration of power affects opportunities for women Appeal of large families Child labor availability High infant mortality More hands, less education Poverty & Population

  10. Empower women through education Will lead to: Women in business Delayed marriage Less children Must improve: Basic human rights Social status of women Women’s freedoms Education, Women & Population Santa Ana College, <http://www.sac.edu/activities/news_highlights/archives.htm>

  11. Increased gender equality 1970-2000: childbearing age increased by 2.4 yrs. Current fertility rate is 1.3 Projected 27% decline in population 2010-2050 Status of Women in Japan Percent of Female Workforce in Japan Source: Bureau of Statistics, Management and Coordination Agency, Labour Force Survey http://www.jiwe.or.jp/english/situation/working.html

  12. Immigration Control Reevaluation of the utilization of resources emphasis on personal financial responsibility Classes on financial stability and independence offered in homeless shelters, and also to the general public Required distribution of benefits and pensions Policies for an Aging Society Reed, Kyle. Retrieved from http://www.kylereed.com/Pictures/China/Japan/Japan.html.

  13. References • 2005 World Population Data Sheet. Washington DC: The Population Reference Bureau,   2005. • Abreu, Vincent. “Sustainable Development”. University of Michigan, Global Change II: Human Impact. March 29, 2006. • Allan, David. “Ecology of Infectious Diseases”. University of Michigan, Global Change II: Human Impact. February 10, 2006. • Asia: The downturn; Greying Japan. (2006, January). The Economist, 378(8459), 53. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database. • Bandarage, Asoka. (1997). Women, Population, and Global Crisis, 1-16. Zed Books, Ltd.: London, UK. • Burgards, Sarah. "Theories and Perspectives: Part II." University of Michigan, Sociology 330 (Winter 2006). January 12, 2006. • Cortazzi, Hugh. (2002 April). Greying Nation. The World Today, 58(4), 11-12. Retrieved from Research Library database. • Eberstadt, Nicholas. (2006). Doom and Demography. The Wilson Quarterly, 30(1), 27-31. Retrieved from Research Library database. • Energy Information Administration: Official Energy Statistics from the US Government. (2004). Japan: Environmental Issues. <http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/japanenv.html>. • Farrell, Diana, Kenzo Fujisue,  Masanari Koike,  Dan Blumenthal. (2005, April). Crunch Time For Tokyo. Far Eastern Economic Review, 168(4), 34-37. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database. • Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Country Studies: Japan. Retrieved April 1, 2006 from <http://countrystudies.us/japan/51.htm>. • Gelband, Alene, Carl Haub, and Mary M. Kent. (1999). “World Population beyond Six    Billion.” Population Bulletin 54(1): 3-44. • Grant, Lindsay. (2001). "Replacement migration": The UN Population Division on European Population Decline. Population and Environment, 22(4), 391-399. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database. • Madsen, Robert. (2005, October). The Silver Lining Of an Aging Japan. Far Eastern Economic Review, 168(9), 33-37. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database. • McNicoll, Geoffrey. (1992). “Changing Fertility Patterns and Policies in the Third World.”  Annual Review of Sociology, 18: 85-108. • Population Reference Bureau. (2006). Human Populations: Fundamentals of Growth and Environmental Relationships.  <http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/Educators/Human_Population/Environment4/Environmental_Relationships1.htm>. • Statistics Bureau. (2002). Statistical Handbook of Japan. Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo. • Weeks, John R. (1996). Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, Chapter 2-3 (41-114).

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