It will only get worse as the population increases.
Summerhaven has about 100 year-round residents, but the population increases by several times on weekends and during the summers.
In contrast, the effects of density-dependent factors intensify as the population increases in size.
Limited by high mortality, the population increases slowly and remains relatively small.
The problem with Paul Krugman's worldview ("The Good News," column, Nov. 28) is that global consumption is unsustainable, especially as the population increases.
"Technology is key to helping our A&E staff meet the massive demand they face as the population increases and ages.
It used to be thought that the most important human dispersals occurred in the Neolithic, prompted by the population increases made possible by the invention of agriculture.
The population increases and decreases are based on figures for 2000 and on 1990 data for the state that were adjusted to make up for the estimated undercounting.
I believe, personally, that social-tie density will drop because you can't really move freely anymore with the population increases.
Now, there are more than 900 in the ecosystem, and the population increases 2 to 3 percent each year.
"As the age of the population increases, the strains this places on public services will mean more people needing access to fewer services and without adequate support services people's quality of life will deteriorate," said one respondent.
