How much does the population grow each year?
70 million
Why has the population increased?
Better sanitation, medication and increased food supply, decreased death rates
What is infant mortality rate?
The death rate in children
What is neo Malthusian?
People that believe food production is outpaced by population growth and that it cannot be sustained
what is the IPATS model?
Impact on environment, Population, Affluence (money), Technology, Sensitivity
what is demography?
the application of population ecology to the study of change in human population
what is total fertility rate?
the avg number of children born to each mother
what is replacement fertility?
the TFR that replaces population size
what is the natural rate of population change?
change due to birth and death rate alone
what is life expectancy?
the average number of years a person is likely to live
what is demographic transition?
a model of economic and cultural change
what is pre-industrial stage?
birth and death rates are high
what is transitional stage?
declining deathrates due to increased food production and medical care
what is the industrial stage?
birth rates fall due to increase in womens rights
what is the post industrial stage?
birth and death rates are low and stable
what is family planning?
efforts to control the number and spacing of children
what is birth control?
effort to control the number of children born
what is reproductive window?
the timeframe that a women can get pregnant?
what is biocapacity?
the amount of biologically productive land and sea available to us
what is demographic fatigue?
occurs when governments
face overwhelming challenges related to population
growth
