Managing Population Growth - Case Studies Flashcards

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What is the case study for managing population growth?

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China.

Indonesia.

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China has a strict…

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Birth control programme.

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3
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China has the largest what?

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Population.

Over 1.3 billion.

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4
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Name an important policy China follow?

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‘One-child policy’.

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When was the ‘one-child policy’ introduced?

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1979.

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The ‘one-child policy’ strongly encourages what?

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Couples to have only 1 child.

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Couples who have one child are given what?

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Benefits.
Better housing.
Free education.

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In china what are one of the benefits a couple is given?

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Longer maternity leave.

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Couples who don’t only have one child are what?

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Don’t get any benefits .

Fined part of their income.

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10
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In some rural areas what is allowed?

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A second child if the first is a girl or has a physical disability.

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Why is the rural exception allowed?

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Because children are needed to work on farms in rural areas.

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What is another exception in China?

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If one of the parents has a disability or if both parents are only children.

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Why is a second child allowed if one parent has a disability or if both parents are only children?

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So there is enough people to look after the parents at old age.

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The ‘one-child policy’ has prevented up to how many births?

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400 million.

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How much has the fertility rate dropped by due to the ‘one-child policy’?

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From 5.7 in 1970.

To 1.8 today.

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16
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Define fertility rate

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The average number of children a woman will have in her life.

17
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What was also another effective method in China?

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The older policies.

Leaving longer gaps between children.

18
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What does China’s ‘one-child policy’ help towards?

A

Sustainable development.

Fewer resources been used up.

19
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Who else has tried to tackle the problems of rapid population growth?

A

Indonesia.

20
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Indonesia is a country made up of…

A

Thousands of islands.

21
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Where does it place in the largest world population?

A

4th.

Over 240 million.

22
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The population of Indonesia isn’t what?

A

Distributed evenly.

23
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Where do most people live in Indonesia?

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Island of Java.

Around 130 million.

24
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What problems has this lead to in Indonesia?

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Social and economic problems.

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Give examples of the problems in Indonesia? | Name 3.
Lack of adequate services/housing. Unemployment. Poverty.
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What did the Indonesian Government start? and when?
Policy called Transmigration policy. | 1960's.
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What was the Transmigration policy's aim?
To reduce the impacts of population growth.
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In Indonesia what have millions of people done?
Moved from the densely populated islands to the less densely populated islands.
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Name a densely populated island and a less densely populated island?
Java. | Sumatra.
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Not everybody who moved in Indonesia escaped what?
The poverty.
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How did people not escape poverty in Indonesia?
Lack of skills to farm. | Land was poor to farm.
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What was another problem from people moving in Indonesia?
They moved to land that was already occupied by Native people. This created conflict.
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Indonesia's Transmigration policy did not what?
Help towards sustainable development because it only reduces the impacts of population growth.