POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Forest Principles, Trade Restriction, World Bank
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Pessimists vs. optimists: pessimists, doomsday model aka. World population: (cid:1005)8% of the wo(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s populatio(cid:374) li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) de(cid:448)eloped (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld, 82% in less developed world, 76 million people added to the world population per year, 98% of population growth is occurring in developing countries. Two worlds developed world: 98% of world population, wealthy nations use 8(cid:1004)% of (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es, affluence overconsumption, slow or no population growth, high per person environmental impact, 82% of world population. It(cid:859)s likel(cid:455) to see populatio(cid:374) e(cid:454)plosio(cid:374) low and middle income nations use (cid:1006)(cid:1004)% of (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es: 28% (1. 5 billion people) of the population of developing world live on less than a day) Low per person environmental impact: rapid population growth. If you had children who died before the age of 5, country is very poor. It(cid:859)s ok to p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ed a(cid:374)d the(cid:396)e should(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e li(cid:373)it to e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) g(cid:396)o(cid:449)th.
