POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
Outline some global population trends
In the past 100 years, population has moved from 2 billion in 1925 than 7 billion today.
The worlds population in 2050 is projected by the UN to be 9.6 billion
Nine out of every 10 people in 2050 will live in a developing country
Outline the demographic transition model
Stage 1:birth rates and death rates are high and subject to fluctuations due to natural disasters etc;fairly young and stable pop. Also more children meant more economic assets.
Stage 2: death rate falls due to improvement in medical science and food distribution. Population explosion occurs
Stage 3: birth rate falls due to contraception and lower infant mortality.
Stage 4: birth rate and death rates stabilise and reach equilibrium
Outline the Malthusian view
Malthus claimed that the population would inevitably grow faster than the food supply and that this would bring about famines and wars over food. These are called Malthusian checks. The only natural checks are to be exercise more restraint by marrying later and having fewer children
Outline the neo-Malthusian view
Paul enrich set out the main thrust of the neo-Malthusian argument in 1968 using the population bomb. He said ‘the birth rate must be brought into balance or mankind will breed itself into oblivion’
Robert Kaplan argues that famines and malnutrition undermined already week states were collapsing into anarchy.
Outline the dependency perspective on population growth
They are very critical of the neo-malthusian view and claim they misunderstand the relationship between poverty and population. Adams on argues children are economic assets as they can work and earn money and provide security and welfare for the parents. They argue that if poverty is tackled birth rate will reduce. Also, the education of women is central to reducing birth rates because they gain status of education rather than status through children, they
