TSES 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Environmental Science, Tses, Health Technology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Technology, Society, Environment Studies
• Course: TSES 3001
• Professor: John Buschek

Document Summary

He looks at how population increases, and how to control it. To understand population momentum (the biggest contributor of all), we must think about . From the shape of a pyramid you can say a lot about the expected population growth. >this, for example, would show a high reproductive population. Fixes delay rst pregnancy by 2. 5 years, that 2. 8 b becomes 2. 2 b. delay rst pregnancy by 5 years, that 2. 8 b becomes 1. 6 b. Having like 10 kids, because you know only around 5 will survive till adulthood. Make kids expensive, make it dif cult to have kids and raise them, etc . Make your welfare care reliable so kids don"t need to be made to take care of"em. Collective care of elderly other status outlets for women x childhood mortality. Unwanted fertility (women having kids they don"t want) Population in the context of technology: the population transition is guided by technology.