SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Critical Theory, Environmental Security, Anthropocentrism
14 Apr 2016
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Demography the study of human populaion. Thomas malthus predicted that in absence of certain populaion checks, exponenial populaion would soon exceed earth"s capacity to sustain it in terms of food supply: populaion checks factors that limit populaion growth (ex. Birth control, diseases: but the world"s populaion did not grow beyond its human carrying capacity like. Malthus predicted: human carrying capacity number of people that can be supported in a given area indeinitely. Factors that contribute to populaion growth: ferility the actual level of childbearing for an individual or a populaion. Total ferility rate esimate of the number of live births a female can be expected to have in her lifeime based on current age-speciic rates. Crude birth rate number of live births in a given year per 1,000 people: mortality incidence of death in a given populaion, inluenced by longevity promoing factors and life expectancy factors. Crude death rate number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people.
