Dawson City Citizen's Forum

What should our population be? (Dawson Bridge)

posted by sebastian, 28.01.2009, 17:16

In pre-contact times, the population of the Dawson area was somewhat nomadic, about 500 people, in the 1970s it was around there too. In the Gold rush it went as high as 20,000 and now it is about 2000. Some aspects of our society would work better if we had more people- in some ways we have the expectations and infrastructure of a southern community of 10,000- while other aspects are being strained by our present population. We always assume our population and economy will grow indefinitely; indeed if the economy stops growing or the population falls, our politicians are deemed to have failed. It is widely agreed that we need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of global warming, yet we shall never be able to reduce our GHGs if our population and economy keep growing.
What do YOU think our population should be? What policies would help us achieve this goal?

Complete thread:

• What should our population be? - sebastian, 28.01.2009, 17:16 (Dawson Bridge)
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    • What should our population be? - sebastian, 03.02.2009, 12:13
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        • What should our population be? - sebastian, 04.02.2009, 11:33
          • What should our population be? - sebastian, 28.02.2009, 13:51
            • What should our population be? - come the revoloution, 01.03.2009, 12:27