SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Total Fertility Rate, Malthusian Trap, Demographic Transition
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Rio de janeiro, brazil: o(cid:374)e of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s (cid:373)ost (cid:271)eautiful (cid:272)ities, mountain range in background, partly covered by tropical forest, warm spring/summer like climate. With growing population of brazil, reminder of how closely related problems of population growth and urbanization are more serious now than ever. 12 000 years ago, world population about 6 million, 10 000 years later, pop. raised to 250 million, 760 million by 1750. World population skyrocketed to 1 billion in 1804, 6 billion in 1999, 7 billion in 2011. Where 1 person stood, now 1050 do; by 2100 statistical proje(cid:272)ts p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)t it"ll (cid:271)e (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) Population explosion viewed scary, linked to famine, brutal ethnic warfare, and other huge and seemingly intractable problems. Othe(cid:396)s (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s (cid:396)i(cid:272)h (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)ies a(cid:396)e (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le to a(cid:272)t o(cid:374) o(cid:448)e(cid:396)populatio(cid:374), like tho(cid:373)as. Robert malthus, british clergyman from 1798: the debate on his theory of human population makes up bulk of sociological study of population.
