The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

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Identifikator:: 1775636852

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-164018

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Author:: Knibbs, George Handley http://d-nb.info/gnd/1045010944

Title:: The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Ernest Benn Limited

Year of publication:: (1928)

Scope:: 131 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. The migration of populations

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THE MIGRATION OF POPULATIONS 77 The principles of the migration question may be thus envisaged :—In a world in which, say, the physical conditions of its surface were homogeneous, inhabited by a race not differentiated in any way with respect to language or economic, political and social character, migrations would of course occur readily. Great diversities of density of population over very large areas would tend automatically to disappear. Man’s social instincts lead, however, to concentrations of population, and actual physical conditions are by no means homogeneous. These two factors power- fully influence his movement and affect his choice of location. A good climate and great fertility, or other resources, offer inducements to aggregate densely, while rigour of climate, and the absence of resources easy of exploitation, tend to limit aggregation. Such ten- dencies, however, are greatly modified by differences of language, differences of political and social tendency, of racial characters and instincts, and also to'a con- siderable extent by the expense and difficulties of transportation, the rupture of social ties, as well as by communal or national prejudices, etc., the last some- times fully justified, but also often with little real foundation. It is easily seen that, in the present constitution of the world, collisions of interest are inevitable. And owing partly to the factors mentioned, the world to-day exhibits those great differences in population- density referred to in Chapter II. It may be noted that even within populations which are sensibly homo- geneous, and within areas of like physical nature, differences of density can arise from mere diversity of occupation. For example, as before stated, the con- ditions of agricultural life operate ordinarily to limit the closeness of aggregation, and at best the aggrega- tions can, in general, constitute but small villages. Industrial life and commercial life, on the other hand,

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