environmental test 2
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- Replacement level fertility
- the fertility rate that will just replace the population of parents
- Paul ehrlic and john holdren theory
- propsed a formula to account for the human factors that contribute to environmental deterioration and the depletion of resources. i=p.a.t population x affluence x technology= impact divide by stewardship and impact will decrease
- Population profiles
- a bar graph showing the number or proportion of people (males and females separately) at each age for a given population.
- demography
- the field of collecting, compiling, and presenting information about the population...demographers study it
- Graying
- term used to indicate that the older population is increasing
- Population momentum
- refers to the effect of current age structures on future populations. In a young population, momentum is positive because such a small portion is in the upper age groups
- demographic transition
- gradual shift in birth and death rates from the primitive to the modern condition in the industrialized societies
- CBR crude birth rate and CDR crude death rate
- number of births and deaths respectively per thousand of the population per year.
- doubling time
- number of years it will take a population growing at a constant percentage per year to double
- 6 reasons for large families in developing countries
- 1. security in one\'s old age 2. infant and chilhood mortality 3. helping hands 4. importance of education: education seems un-necessary. childrensent to school are an economic liability ..one many cannot afford 5. status of women: women cannot have education or jobs, so they are judged by how many children they produce 6. availability of contraceptives
- vicious cycle: fertility rates, environmental degradtion, and poverty
- increasing pop. density leads to greater depletion in resources, which encourages people to have more children to gather the resources
- Millennium development goals
- reps from the UN, the world bank, and the Org. for economic cooperation and development in 1997 met to formulate goals for in. development that would would reduce extreme poverty
- Millennium Project
- given the mandate to develop a coordinated action plan that other orgs. could consult as they tried to meet MDGs.
- World Bank
- bank est. for reconstruction and development. special agency under the UN. 5 closely associated agencies
- 2 conflicting theories on how to fast forward a country\'s demographic transition
- speed up economic development or population policies like family planning
- Social modernization
- Improving education Improving health Making family planning accessible Enhancing income through employment ops. Improving resource management --success in these areas