ENSC 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Robert Malthus
6 Feb 2017
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Demography is the study of human population. Humans have a huge impact on the planet. About 90% of the growth is in ldcs (malthusian overpopulation) About 10% of growth is in mdcs (neo-malthusian overpopulation) I(cid:374) (cid:271)oth (cid:272)ases, i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g populatio(cid:374) (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)ers (cid:373)ag(cid:374)ifies the e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g environmental problems. Which tends to increase in a *** fashion. We (cid:374)eed food ca(cid:374)"t save the (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) Forrester-meadows computer model 1: if present trends continue; In terms of resources, technology and population growth. Resources are depleted and the population crashes. Forrester-meadows computer model 2: if couples produced 2 children each, beginning in the 2000; If there was a birth control, pollution control and resource conservation. Terms of resources, technology and population growth. Population would still out strips resources, forced to decline. Forrester-meadows computer model 3: assuming that technology increases exponentially and is used to solve our problems. All models consider population growth as a serious issue. Technology an help, but we need information/teaching.
