ENVIRSCI 214 Chapter Notes -Urban Sprawl, Georges Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa
9 Apr 2014
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Human population chapters 8 and 9: the principles of population ecology apply to humans, the world population was 6. 07 billion in 2000 and increased by 85 million from 1999 to. 2000: although our numbers continue to increase, the growth rate (r) has declined slightly over the past several years, from a peak in the mid-1960s of 2. 2% per year to. Developing countries have the highest birth rates, highest infant mortality rates, shortest life expectancies, and lowest per-capita gnps. In recent decades, it has become useful to recognize a distinction within the developing countries between: moderately developed countries (e. g. , argentina, brazil, chile, mexico, Thailand, turkey, and venezuela. : less developed countries or ldcs (e. g. , bangladesh, cambodia, laos, These early transitional technologies include public health measures ensuring access to clean water and reduced human contact with sewage. European plagues were ended not by the developing of modern medicine but by improvements in public health measures.
