Population, science, and technology.
PubMed · 1979
In the past 10 years, concepts of population and its determinants and consequences have broadened. Adoption of the World Population Plan of Action by 135 governments in 1974 demonstrated that consensus had been achieved on the role of population in the context of development; it was no longer popularly viewed as eternal to the process--it had become the focal point of development. The population session of a Colloquium to be held in Vienna in August will seek, out of a spirit of concern for "humanity in technology" to describe the current demographic scene and identify the issues most in need of attention. The major challenges of the 1980s appear to be the spatial distribution of population; the fertility patterns of the new generation of youth; access to educational and training opportunities; the status of women; and community responsibility to the individual. The scientific and technological community will be examining these and related issues and looking for new answers to another "when and how?"