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'''Depopulation''' (also known as '''[[population decline]]''') is a term used to describe any great reduction in a human population.<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/depopulation Depopulate] - Webster's Online Dictionary</ref> It can be used to refer to longterm demographic trends, as in [[urban decay]] or [[rural flight]], but it is also commonly employed to describe large reductions in population due to violence, disease, or other catastrophes.<ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/depopulate Depopulate] - yourdictionary.com.</ref> |
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History is replete with examples of large scale depopulations. Many wars, for example, have been accompanied by significant depopulations. |
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During the [[Age of Imperialism]], Europeans migrating to new continents brought with them not only devastating new means of waging warfare but also, often inadvertently, [[infectious diseases]] such as [[smallpox]] to which [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] peoples had no resistance. These factors, particularly the latter, sometimes had a devastating impact on the indigenous inhabitants. |
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Some notable historical examples of large depopulation of entire continents include: |
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*The [[Plague of Justinian]] in [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]];<ref>[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/poprus.htm Population crises and cycles in history]. A review of the book ''Population Crises and Population cycles'' by Claire Russell and W.M.S. Russell.</ref> |
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*The [[Black Death]] in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and the [[Middle East]] in the [[Middle Ages]]; |
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*The impact of the [[Arab slave trade|Arab]] and [[Atlantic slave trade|European slave trades]] on the continent of [[Africa]] |
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*The impact of European [[colonialism]] and accompanying introduced infectious diseases in the [[Americas]] and [[Australia]].<ref>[http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/papers/goodling.html Stacy Goodling, "Effects of European Diseases on the Inhabitants of the New World"]</ref> |
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Some examples of depopulation of large regions brought about mainly by warfare include: |
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*The [[Mongol Empire|Mongol Conquests]] of [[China]], [[Kievan Rus|Russia]] and the [[Middle East]]; |
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*[[Tamurlane]]'s military campaigns in the Middle and [[Near East]]; |
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*The [[Thirty Years War]] in Europe; |
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[[Famine]] has also frequently played a role in depopulation, whether as a result of war, climatic conditions, human incompetence and so on. |
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== See also == |
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*[[Russian Cross]] |
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*[[Societal collapse]] |
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*[[Rural flight]] |
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*''[[Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed]]'' by [[Jared Diamond]] |
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*[[Population reduction]] |
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*[[Climate Change]] Depopulation through implementation of Carbon Credits. |
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==External links== |
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==Footnotes== |
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[[Category:Population]] |
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[[Category:Demography]] |
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[[Category:Economic problems]] |
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[[Category:Aging]] |
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[[Category:Demographics]] |
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[[Category:Demographic economics]] |
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Revision as of 18:10, 29 April 2010
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