Projecting the World Population
No one knows what the world’s population will be in the future, but the United Nations gives three projections: high, medium, and low. Explain how each of these projections would affect your immediate community in reno nevada. How would these population changes affect the way you currently live your life?
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Projecting the World Population
It is difficult to assess what the world’s population will be in the future. This is mainly because there are many factors that come into play when determining the population of a given community or society. According to population projections given by the United Nations, it is expected that population may be high, medium or low. Each of the projections would have various effects in Reno, Nevada. A high increase in the population would have both negative and positive effects. First, the unemployment rate would increase since there would be many people chasing after the currently available jobs in Reno.
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