Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Malthusian Trap, Gini Coefficient, Maternal Death
12 Feb 2018
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There are 2 ways to keep the population in check. Malthus" pessimism is considered overstated given the following: It is unclear what the upper limit to population growth is. Helping the poor does not generally result in the poor having more children. Human ingenuity seems to have enabled us to wiggle free of the trap, at least for the time being. However, today there are renewed fears that industrialization and population growth are putting severe strains on the planet"s resources. 2 greek roots: demos (people) and graphien (to write, draw, study) Explains how changes in fertility and mortality affected population growth from preindustrial to post-industrial times. Total fertility rates fall below to replacement level in some countries. Replacement level: the number of children that each woman must have on average for population size to remain stable (level is 2. 1) The number of deaths per year exceeds the numbers of births.
