EES 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Population Ecology, The Population Bomb, One-Child Policy
29 Jun 2018
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Case Study- China’s One-Child Policy
Moa Zedong- leader of the communist revolution in china, founder of current regime in china
1949- People's Republic of China population = 540 million
-Rural, war torn
-The average woman gave birth to around 5 children
-found PRC after continuous war since 1911
1957- The Great Leap Forward
- Rapid transformation of agrarian economy into an industrial economy
-Many programs aimed at elevating the desperate poverty of the fast growing population
1970- Population = 790 million
-China had been through a huge amount of change, struggle, loss, and gain
-Food production was stable, medical care was improving.
-Moa was worried about the large population; wanted to change the birth bearing age from
16 to 25
1979- China’s One Child Policy
-Started as encouragement to start families later in life and have fewer children
-Spurred by fast population growth and the sense of responsibility to provide for everyone
-Environmental consequences were also mounting (water and air pollution, soil
degradation, forest depletion)
2015- Child One Policy was ended
Unintended Consequences of One Child Policy :
●Forced abortions
●Sex Disparity
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-In China right now; 700 million are men and 667 million are women.
-The gender ratio at birth is still dangerously high, with 115.88 boys born to every
100 girls in 2014
●Black Market Trade of women and girls as wives
●Unstable ration of young to old
Population vs. Growth Rate :
Population- number of people
Growth Rate- % change to the population
●Populations continue to rise in most countries, particularly in poverty stricken developing
nations
●Growth in poorer nations leads to stresses on society, the environment, and people’s well-
being
●China’s stringent policies have greatly slowed growth there but other countries may wish
to slow their growth without the measures used by China
-India’s growth continues and if not changed will surpass China’s population
Change in Global Population :
1800- 1 billion
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1930- 2 billion
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Document Summary
Moa zedong- leader of the communist revolution in china, founder of current regime in china. 1949- people"s republic of china population = 540 million. The average woman gave birth to around 5 children found prc after continuous war since 1911. Rapid transformation of agrarian economy into an industrial economy. Many programs aimed at elevating the desperate poverty of the fast growing population. China had been through a huge amount of change, struggle, loss, and gain. Food production was stable, medical care was improving. Moa was worried about the large population; wanted to change the birth bearing age from. Started as encouragement to start families later in life and have fewer children. Spurred by fast population growth and the sense of responsibility to provide for everyone. Environmental consequences were also mounting (water and air pollution, soil degradation, forest depletion) In china right now; 700 million are men and 667 million are women.
