“…The region is in a population explosion clearly superior to other continents worldwide, representing only 5% of the world's population in 1900, 13% in 2020 and will increase to 38% in 2100 (Diaconescu et al, 2019;Lopes, 2006). From just 80 million in 1900 (continental Europe 430, America 150, Asia 950), it has grown almost 15 times to 1,160 million today (while in Europe it has almost doubled to 0.7 times and reached 700 million, America has increased 6 times to 950 million and Asia has grown almost 4 times to 4,600 million).…”