Scholastica's Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice in Duluth, Minn.īricker and John Ibbitson are the authors of “Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline.”įollowing his 40 minute talk, Bricker answered questions from the audience. “It’s increasingly a woman’s world,” Bricker concludes.īricker spoke, virtually, at an event hosted on Feb. The empowerment of women is a key factor in our changing world. One of the most influential trends is migration from rural to urban areas, and this is a global phenomenon, Bricker said. People are living longer than anybody anticipated. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker travel from South Florida to Sao Paulo, Seoul to Nairobi, Brussels to Delhi to Beijing, drawing on a wealth of research and firsthand reporting to illustrate the dramatic consequences of this population decline - and to show us why the rest of the developing world will soon join in. The three major demographic forces are urbanization, fertility and aging and they all work together: Urbanization reduces fertility. 2, followed by China and then the United States. “What’s happening there is the most important trend in the world.” India will become No. But it will have an effect.Ĭhina and India are “responsible for 36 percent of humanity,” Bricker said. It is difficult to know how much the COVID-19 pandemic will affect demographic trends worldwide, he said.
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