Essays on Depopulation

Japanese and American Commercials

For reaching out to the target consumers to purchase a particular product or to take an action regarding the product or service, many companies use television commercials both on television and on the radio in order to communicate to the target audience. The primary use of commercials is to introduce a product or service to potential consumers and persuade them to be part and parcel in consuming the product or service. Japan and the USA have different ways of relating information to potential consumers. These differences are caused by the following factors; First in America, the product is the ...

Globally, rural areas encounter unprecedented difficulties and rapid modifications. For example, the movement of dynamic community members to cities and towns causes severe depopulation of the rural areas. Additionally, food production control by various multi-national corporations minimizes the agricultural incomes of farmers in rural areas. Rural economies have become increasingly fragile due to elements that vary among countries. For example, the rural challenges in Western Europe typically result from the reduction in European Union’s agricultural subsidies, whereas diseases and natural disasters are the primary threats to rural societies. Furthermore, there is increasing concern that globalization might adversely affect ...

Introduction

Demography is the study of the human population. Ideally, human population is studied in terms of the size, the composition, and the distribution of persons across the specified area of study. The three major demographic elements that are used to determine the composition and causes of different population changes include birth, death, and the migration of people. First, the population of a place may be described in terms of some of the common demographic features such as sex, age, household status and family composition. However, demography can also be described in terms of the social and economic context. That is; ...

The article documents the challenges that confront the large American cities in past years. This is so because crime is one of the significant challenges that large cities in America are experiencing. For instance, the violent crime rate in America cities in 1993 was over 500000, which was four times higher than the cities with a population below 50,000 and seven times more than in rural places. This indicates the level of crime in big cities is more relevant given that both the level of victims safeguard and per capita expenditures on police are much greater in this city. ...

Introduction

In the history of Belgium, Leopold was the second king who is best remembered for his role in exploiting the Free State of Congo. He was born in Brussels and in 1865, he rose to the throne after succeeding his father. He went on to rule for 44 years, longer than any other Belgian monarch. During his time, Leopold was the sole owner and the founder of the Congo Free State. He privately undertook this project. Helped by Henry Morton Stanley (explorer), he successfully laid a claim to Congo. In a Berlin Conference held in 1884, European colonial nations recognized his ...

The resultant effects of recession on vacancies and housing policies in major Sunbelt cities are regrettably devastating in the society. According to Alexander (p. 89) ad Fisher (p. 36) in their independent studies of the house vacancies in these major Sunbelt cities, they indicate that in most instances, housing values revolve around community stereotype and welfare. Consequently, the Sunbelt cities managers have a difficult job in ensuring that they adopt reliable policies, which are aimed at evading the vacancy problems. According to different studies, the house vacancies and depopulation in major Sunbelt cities have emerged due to the loss in ...

THESIS ARGUMENT: ‘SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY OF RUSSIA, CONSEQUENTLY, WILL DEPEND UPON MUCH MORE THAN SOCIAL PROGRAMME ALONG

In their work on the analysis of the security and social system issues in Russian Federation, Eberstadt and Groth make the following statement: "Successful social security policy for Russia, consequently, will depend upon much more than social programs alone." (Eberstadt and Groth, 2010, 23-24). This thought is based on an argumentation that social security system requires serious restructuration to meet the requirements and basic needs of the elderly population. Two critical issues that the authors touch upon in their work are average life expectancy of working age population and relatively low levels of fertility. According to the authors, since ...

Book Review

James W. Loewen is a history teacher. He has also written a textbook and his skills as a researcher are high, many notes supplement his text. His book Lies My Teacher Told Me is a history book that includes historical facts that have not been included in regular school textbooks. Loewen has a very friendly way of writing that makes a person want to continue to read the book from the beginning to the end. He takes historical topics that are very familiar and explains how the reality of the history is different than what has been taught as history. He discusses the research he ...

The Black Death is the name used in reference to the plague which swept across much of Asia, Europe and the Middle East during the 1300s (Morillo et al, 2005, p385). In short, it was a devastating blow to mankind and the estimated number of deaths caused by the Black Death runs into the millions with educated estimates saying that it killed between 30-60% of Europe’s population alone (Alchon, 2003, p21) which meant the world’s population was reduced from around 450 million people to around 350 to 375 million. The Black Death was the second instance of plague – ...