LESSON 4: HUMAN POPULATIONS Flashcards
World population
7.8 billion
every second ___ people birth, __ die
every second 5 people birth, 2 die
Philippines population
109 million
Philippines is ____ th most populous
13th
according to him exponential growth of population but food production is stable or increases slowly
Thomas Malthus
according to him population growth results from poverty, resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills
Karl Marx
Increased the carrying capacity for humans (more food production, improved engineering and sanitation)
Technology
meaning of IPAT equation I = PAT
Environmental impacts (I) are the product of our population size (P) times affluence (A) and the technology (T) used to produce the goods and services we consume
a method that determines how dependent humans are on natural resources. it indicates how much resources from the environment are required to support a specific way of life or business.
Ecological footprint
an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs.
cencus
Vital statistics about people
Demography
Developed and Developing countries
Socio-economic factor
Growing population
developing countries
Shrinking population
developed countries
China one-child policy and Use of contraceptives
Birth control measures
the fingers due to bubonic plague causes the skin and flesh to die and turn black.
Acral gangrene
actual production of offspring
Fertility
the number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life
Total fertility rate
death rates
mortality
average age at death
Life expectancy
are those aspects in the environment or culture that increase the desire to have children.
Pronatalist pressures
From high death and birth rates to lower death and birth rate
Demographic Transition
allows couples to determine the number and spacing of their children
Family planning
refer to any method used to reduce births
Birth control
