POPULATION ISSUES Flashcards

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is the STATISTICAL STUDY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS. It examines the size, structure, and movements of populations over space and time.

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demography

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Refers to the whole number of inhabitants occupying an area (a country or the world), continually modified by increases (births and immigrations) and losses (deaths and emigrations)

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Human Population

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3
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Today, the global population nearly reached ___ billion people. It is expected to expand and peak at approximately 10.3 billion around the mid-2080s. Population levels are then anticipated to experience a slight decline, setting at around 10.2 billion

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8.2

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4
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______ and _____ remain the two most populous countries of the world, both with more than 1 billion people, each representing nearly 18 percent of the world’s population, respectively.

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India , China

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5
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The Philippines ranks ____ among the most overpopulated countries in the world, reflecting its ongoing population growth and high population density.Figure 3. Philippine population as of October 2024 (Worldometer, 2024).The issue of overpopulation is most pronounced in areas like _______.

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14th, Metro Manila

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6
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___________________ is the increase in the number of humans on Earth.

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Human population growth

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7
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________________ is the term used to describe the rapid and dramatic rise in world population that has occurred over the last few hundred years.

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population explosion

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8
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The impact of human population growth on the environment takes two major forms:

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consumotion of resources
production of wastes

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9
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What are the impacts of human population growth on the environment

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increase in the extraction of renewable and non- renewable resources

increase in the burning of fossil fuels

increase in the freshwater use

increase in ecological impacts

increase in fishing and hunting

increase in the transport of invasive species

transmissionn of disease

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10
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This is in which a disease transmits from humans to animals, poses animal and public health

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reverse zoonosis

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As people travel, import, and export supplies, urbanization creates disturbed environments where =____________ species often thrive and outcompete native species.

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invasive

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12
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Population growth leads to __________ changes due to the increased demand for housing, settlements, and agriculture, resulting in deforestation and biodiversity loss.

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land uses

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13
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At the forefront of these efforts to control the population growth lies with the ______________, which also conducted its once-in-a-decade conference in 1994 at Cairo.

It sought to stabilize the population of the world at _____ billion in the year 2050 in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.

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United Nations

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14
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The UN sought to achieve the following by the year 2015, which is also supported and endorsed by 180 Member Nations:

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  1. Provide universal access to family planning services and reproductive health care
  2. improve health care for infants, children and pregnant women
  3. Develop and implement national population policies
  4. Improve the status of women and expand education and job oppurtunities for youn women
  5. provide more education, especially for girls and women
  6. increase involvement of men in child-rearing responisbilities and family planning
  7. sharply reduce poverty
  8. Greatly reduce unsustainable patterns of production and consumption.
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15
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KAY MAAM NA PPT

The Population Division of the UnitedNations (UN) predicts that the world’spopulation will increase from 6.23billion people ____ billionpeople in 2050. The UN estimatesthat the population more than 11 billion will stabilize atin 2200. Otherexperts predict that numbers willcontinue to rise into the foreseeablefuture, to as many

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9,3 billion

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16
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______________________ is at the root of virtually all of the world’s environmental problem

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Human Populaion Growth

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Although the growth rate of the world’s population has slowed slightly since the 1990s, the world’s population increases by about _____ million human beings each year

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77

18
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The total population ofthe Philippines as of01 May 2020 is at ______________

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109,035,343

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In the case of the Philippines, its estimated population in mid-2007 was 88.7 million and is projected to increase to _____ million by 2050(PRB, 2008)

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149.8

20
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this is the measure of the biologically productive land and water needed to support each person

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Ecological Footprint comparison

21
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The ecological footprint of countries vary greatly

Developing countries have much _________ footprints than developed countries

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smaller

22
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IPAT MODEL

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I = P x A x T ‘

I = Environmental Impact
P = Population
A = Affluence
T = Technology

23
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In the developing world, meanwhile, the most important factors necessary to lower population growth rates are ________ and _____________.

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Demography , Social Justice

24
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developed world has a much greater environmental impact than does a person from a developing country in terms of CO2 emissio

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true

25
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Studies show that population growth rates have fallen in developing areas where several social conditions exist. In these areas, literacy rates have increased and women receive economic status equal to that of men, enabling women to hold jobs and own property

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true