GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Agricultural Productivity, Population Geography, Population Ageing
1 Feb 2018
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Thomas robert malthus (1766-1834: essay on the principle of population (1798) (right before our population reached. ** argued we had less food to support all the people. A. preventative checks" on population (delay marriage) B. positive checks on population (war, famine) Agricultural productivity- we are able to modify our food production via industrial resolution. Developed world: 19th and 20th century (economic growth) Developing world: late 20th (social and cultural change, contraceptive over. 50%, 85% are using modern forms of contraceptives, through public eduction) Large families have fallen out of favour (bene ts to smaller families) Improvement of social status of women (education for women) Governments have the ability to alter population in three main ways: 1) increasing/decreasing birds = via natal policy. Pro-natal (money or having children, parental leaves, support through family bene ts) 2) decreasing (or increasing) deaths = via health care. 3) encouraging/discouraging migration = via migration laws. Proportion of elderly increases and proportion of young people decrease.
