A new beginning... Policies and Population :)

After Christmas vacations, a new semester of ES&S. After studying population and its effects, the first topic discussed in class was the different policies that countries may adopt in order to have a sustainable population, that is easily adapted to changes and population dynamics. Australia and China are two countries that have established policies regarding population, in order to control and shape its changes into a sustainable population.


Although both countries have the objective of having sustainable populations, the situation in each of them is different and therefore, Australia and China have different aims to be achieved. Australian population aims are to have economic stability, sustainable increase in food production, improve connections between regions, improve infrastructure and address labor shortages. In the other hand, China aims to control population growth, ensure food security and economic development for the country. Because of the different conditions and aims of each country, strategies in order to achieve them vary according to the conditions of the country. 


In the table bellow, a contrast between policies established by both countries is shown.

For more information regarding policies in China check out the following link:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/ab981e/ab981e0c.htm