GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Total Fertility Rate, Bangladesh, Core Countries
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We use more resources than ever before: waste more gasoline, waste more food. Canadians are guilty of qualitative overpopulation o e. g dog uses more resources vs. a child in somewhere like bangledesh. Periphery - high population growth rates (quant. Growth rates or even shrinking populations e. g us, would not grow in population if it wasn"t existance for immigration. But increasing consumption: hiv dramatically drop in life expectancy. India will overtake surpass china (measured in total fertility rate) o o. Consequences - as the population ages, average age of population goes down. Canada - 2000 one if ive over age of 65, 3% over the age of 80. 2030: one in three over age of 65, 15% over age of 80 o o o. Increased need for pension payments, health care, elder care. Consequences of population growth in periphery: higher demand for natural resources. Environment, food, housing, educaitn, health care, jobs, pensions. Three ways to look at population change.
