Demographic Resilience: Linking Population Dynamics, the Environment, and Security

摘要: Demographic trends are important among the range of factors that motivate or deter political instability. Over past several decades, countries with very young age structures—those in which at least 60 percent population is younger than thirty years age—have been much more likely to experience outbreaks conflict those a broader distribution across different ranges. Young people country’s key human resource and embodiment future potential for development. However, when individual insecurity combines changing demographics, governance challenges, other socioeconomic conditions, state security can also be threatened. Youth bulges, increasing urbanization, violations women’s rights, as natural scarcities, exacerbate mitigate direct may trigger conflict. This article examines ways demographic influence considerations, highlighting some considerations light reality climate change drawing policy implications security, humanitarian, development communities. It suggests find harness dynamics they enhance their “demographic resilience” plan shocks stresses associated increase potential.