Ryszard Zalski: Ageing Asia
- Ryszard Zalski
Almost three decades have passed since a group of scholars known as the Club of Rome released a famous set of computer studies indicating that population pressures would destroy the world. Since then, rather the opposite has occurred. Low birthrates and prolonged life expectancies, at least in the industrial world, have become a potential cause for alarm. Moreover, despite decades of warnings about high fertility rates and overpopulation, the United Nations recently released a report warning of the evolving situation of populace aging and decline.