ENV222H1 Lecture Notes - The Population Bomb, Reasonable Accommodation, Sub-Saharan Africa

A major factor influencing growth in the health care sector of the US economy is:

a) The aging of the population

b) Increasing fertility rates

c) Declining death rates

d) All of the above

ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; Many people regard the rapid population growth of less industrialized countries as our most serious environmental problem. Others think that the population growth in industrialized countries, though smaller, is actually a greater environmental threat. What problems result from (a) population growth in less industrialized countries and (b) In industrialized nations? Which do you think is the greater threat? Why?

population Growth and decline The graph shows the population in a small industrial city from 1950 to 2000. The variable represents the number of years since 1950.
Find the net change in the population from 1970 to 1990.