Just thought I would direct you to this website for your info
http://islands.unep.ch/IBX.htm
endemics etc
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Population density worries me
Thank you again, I knew about this link and its good to share. I have it linked in some plant profiles.
Interesting point:
1985 Population: 319736
2005 Population: 404500 (density 1280/square km)
The figure of +85,000 in 20 years worries me a lot for the size of our islands in concern to nature space. In other proportional terms, the pop increased by 25% in 20 years. If the trend remains, we would be half a million next 20yrs and you dont need much imagination to figure out where a considerable percentage of these are going to build their 'new' houses and the impact on traffic load.
I dont wish to be living in such conditions!
Hopefully the trend will not continue since we have lots of 60+yrs at present (due to the baby boom after World War 2). Do anyone have (a link to) a graph of population vs time in Malta to see the trends?
Interesting point:
1985 Population: 319736
2005 Population: 404500 (density 1280/square km)
The figure of +85,000 in 20 years worries me a lot for the size of our islands in concern to nature space. In other proportional terms, the pop increased by 25% in 20 years. If the trend remains, we would be half a million next 20yrs and you dont need much imagination to figure out where a considerable percentage of these are going to build their 'new' houses and the impact on traffic load.
I dont wish to be living in such conditions!
Hopefully the trend will not continue since we have lots of 60+yrs at present (due to the baby boom after World War 2). Do anyone have (a link to) a graph of population vs time in Malta to see the trends?
Hi,
It seems to me that only you, Maltese people, think that is it very high population density here. Yesterday I was browsing through a tred regarding Malta in September - is it attractive for tourists. A Russian girl raised a very interesting point of view: island is actually 98% deserted and looks alive only during hot summer months
I agree with Stephen's point of view that after baby-boomers' generation it won't be any increase in population. Young families could hardly plan a baby even when both parents are working. Young families have no actual support from govenment (LM 91 as marriage grant I don't consider as a great support, besides it is seems to be not for foreigners, at least I didn't come accross any program here (or we're not that young anymore So after some time the situation will match that Russian girl's estimate... let alone the point that country will consist of numerous building sites under construction not wanted anymore...
Unfortunately I don't have any statistic prooves, but the fact that man persion age is not 60 anymore at least here signals about something.
It seems to me that only you, Maltese people, think that is it very high population density here. Yesterday I was browsing through a tred regarding Malta in September - is it attractive for tourists. A Russian girl raised a very interesting point of view: island is actually 98% deserted and looks alive only during hot summer months
I agree with Stephen's point of view that after baby-boomers' generation it won't be any increase in population. Young families could hardly plan a baby even when both parents are working. Young families have no actual support from govenment (LM 91 as marriage grant I don't consider as a great support, besides it is seems to be not for foreigners
, at least I didn't come accross any program here (or we're not that young anymore So after some time the situation will match that Russian girl's estimate... let alone the point that country will consist of numerous building sites under construction not wanted anymore...Unfortunately I don't have any statistic prooves, but the fact that man persion age is not 60 anymore at least here signals about something.
Respectfully yours,
Svetlana Vella A.
Svetlana Vella A.
hi there zurrija
well i guess parts of malta in winter appear a bit deserted if compared to a city in europe but we are not really the only ones to think so as malta is ranked third in the whole world in terms of highest population globally! add to that a million tourists each year and the increasing cars and demands on resources... the place is becoming stifling i just hope mentalities dont remain the same and that the little space we have is used in a more rational manner without all the wastage as we see today with some 40 000 vacant or temporraily used !
well i guess parts of malta in winter appear a bit deserted if compared to a city in europe but we are not really the only ones to think so
as malta is ranked third in the whole world in terms of highest population globally! add to that a million tourists each year and the increasing cars and demands on resources... the place is becoming stifling i just hope mentalities dont remain the same and that the little space we have is used in a more rational manner without all the wastage as we see today with some 40 000 vacant or temporraily used !I have to agree with Lisa as official reports says that Malta is the most overpupulated country in Europe. The thing is that part of Malta is "deserted" (ref to garigues and arable land, etc) while the urban part is densely overpopulated.
Larger countries tend to have large areas of forests and this decrease the average density figure. I do not know what would be the result if you compare Malta pop with other central cties in Europe (eg Moscow, Rome, London, Naples, etc) However, the construction planning of cities in many European countries that I travelled to, is in a way that there is a lot of space between building blocks. Houses are even seperated in some cities, and every couple of 100m there are large green parks.
Many cities in Malta are just a block of concrete, few small parks and often with heavily traffic roads and pollution. (Hamrun, Sliema, Msida, Valletta, B'Kara, Qormi, St.Venera, Zabbar..........
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Larger countries tend to have large areas of forests and this decrease the average density figure. I do not know what would be the result if you compare Malta pop with other central cties in Europe (eg Moscow, Rome, London, Naples, etc) However, the construction planning of cities in many European countries that I travelled to, is in a way that there is a lot of space between building blocks. Houses are even seperated in some cities, and every couple of 100m there are large green parks.
Many cities in Malta are just a block of concrete, few small parks and often with heavily traffic roads and pollution. (Hamrun, Sliema, Msida, Valletta, B'Kara, Qormi, St.Venera, Zabbar..........
)I know that Malta is overpopulated but it is still very comfortable to live here even in "large" towns if compare to Moscow nowadays conditions (just to enter metro station in a rush-hour you have to spend like half an hour moving 1 step per minute stuffed by the crowd worse than during big rock-festival - EVERY DAY When a common family has a house or even 4-roomed flat (3-bedroom flat to Maltese standarts) it is considered extremely luxury in my native city, at least for common persons like me. Actually I believe it's too much, but the spirit of consumer society epoque dictates to posess more than a person needs and still to be upset and unsatisfied that someone posesses more. If it is turned the other way aroung - to leave=to posess more beauty in the world like nature, not matherial things it would be wonderful. But it is simple utopia.
So there's always smth to compare with
Most our parks in Moscow are neglected and full of hidden corners where crimes occure every year. So it is dangerous to walk in some of them even during the daylight. Summer cafes, illegal picnic sites, dumpings, polluted ponds etc. don't improve the overall picture of city which officially has quite some so called green areas in its boarders. New districts are planned with patches of greenery, but what kind of greenery! Grey, not green.
What you are referring most probably are suburbs of relatively large European cities, which cannot be compared to real megapolises. As for me, big city child, even Sliema is relatively resident-friendly place to live (though I am really happy that I live in different area).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Malta's ecological situation is perfect, opposite - especially when more and more wild places are being removed for not really nesessary purposes. But maybe that's why people's eyes are closed that they are aware of conditions which can be much and much worse?..
When a common family has a house or even 4-roomed flat (3-bedroom flat to Maltese standarts) it is considered extremely luxury in my native city, at least for common persons like me. Actually I believe it's too much, but the spirit of consumer society epoque dictates to posess more than a person needs and still to be upset and unsatisfied that someone posesses more. If it is turned the other way aroung - to leave=to posess more beauty in the world like nature, not matherial things it would be wonderful. But it is simple utopia. So there's always smth to compare with
Most our parks in Moscow are neglected and full of hidden corners where crimes occure every year. So it is dangerous to walk in some of them even during the daylight. Summer cafes, illegal picnic sites, dumpings, polluted ponds etc. don't improve the overall picture of city which officially has quite some so called green areas in its boarders. New districts are planned with patches of greenery, but what kind of greenery! Grey, not green.
What you are referring most probably are suburbs of relatively large European cities, which cannot be compared to real megapolises. As for me, big city child, even Sliema is relatively resident-friendly place to live (though I am really happy that I live in different area).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Malta's ecological situation is perfect, opposite - especially when more and more wild places are being removed for not really nesessary purposes. But maybe that's why people's eyes are closed that they are aware of conditions which can be much and much worse?..
Respectfully yours,
Svetlana Vella A.
Svetlana Vella A.