NOVA : The People Paradox (2004)
Directed by Sarah Holt / Jackie Mow
Genres - Science & Technology |
Sub-Genres - Social Issues, Environmental Science |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Examining the "demographic divide" between developed and underdeveloped nations. Visits to India, Japan and Kenya explore problems caused by too many people in the underdeveloped world and too few in many industrialized nations, where too many people will soon be old. Oliver Platt narrates.
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Africa, China, economy, environmentalism, globalization, India (subcontinent), over-population, overcrowding, paradox, pollution, population-control, Third-World