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Chapter 12 - Population, Urbanization, and Aging

  1. What measures, if any, should be taken to slow down or stop world population growth?
  2. What are the main barriers to women’s educational and economic opportunities around the world? How can these be overcome?
  3. Should countries that are experiencing labor shortages because of their aging populations try to solve this problem by encouraging immigration of young people from other nations or by using another approach? Explain your answer.
  4. Do you think that measures should be taken in technologically advanced nations to limit suburbanization? What would such measures be and could they succeed?
  5. Should governments in developing countries try to limit migration from rural areas to cities? Explain your position. Can you think of an approach that would be effective in accomplishing this?
  6. What measures could be taken to reduce the U.S. urban problem hypersegregation?
  7. From your point of view, which sociological perspective is most important in providing insights into the development of population problems and what to do about them? What about urban problems and problems associated with aging populations? Explain your answers.

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