What Are the Implications of the Phrase Optimal Sustainable Population

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Essay

What are the implications of the phrase optimal sustainable population, considering the facts that: 1) 97 percent of future growth will come from developing countries, and 2) the environmental footprint of a population is dependent on the affluence of the population? Has the human population been able to achieve what it has achieved because only a small portion of the population is affluent? What will happen as more countries move from under-developed to developing and finally to developed?

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Definitions:

Product Demand

The desire or need for a specific product or service combined with the capacity to purchase it.

Revenues

The income received by a business from its various activities, typically from the sale of goods and services to customers.

Financing Cost

The total expense incurred to finance a purchase or project, including interest, fees, and other charges associated with borrowing money.