Published December 31, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

On the theory of global population growth

  • 1. P L Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

Ours is an epoch of global demographic revolution, a time of a rapid transition from explosive population growth to a low reproduction level. This, possibly the most momentous change ever witnessed by humankind has, first and foremost, important implications for the dynamics of population. But it also affects billions of people in all aspects of their lives, and it is for this reason that demographic processes have grown into a vast problem, both globally and in Russia. Their fundamental understanding will to a large extent impact the present, the short-term future following the current critical epoch, the stable and uniform global development and its priorities, and indeed global security. Quantitative treatment of historical processes is reached using the phenomenological theory of mankind's population growth. This theory relies on the concepts and methods of physics and its conclusions should take into account the ideas of economics and genetics. (interdisciplinary physics)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.0180.201012g.1337

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Uspekhi
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 1287-1296
ISSN
1063-7869

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43029416
Subject category
S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
CURRENTS; ECONOMICS; EXPLOSIVES; GENETICS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; REPRODUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SECURITY
Descriptors DEC
BIOLOGY; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; POPULATIONS