EESA01H3 : Textbook Notes
3 Jun 2011
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H u man popu lat ion: approach ing 7 bill ion. most of population growth comes from poverty nations: china and india are world"s most populous nations. although rate of global growth is slowing, we are still increasing in absolute numbers. The human population is growing nearly as fast as ever: doubling time (70 / annual percentage growth rate) Perspectives on human population have changed over time: If limits on birth were not implemented soon enough, deaths would increase www. notesolution. com: england favoured population growth as society industrialized but. Malthus argued that pressure of population growth on the availability of resources could lead to disaster. world"s population growth made possible by technological innovations, improved sanitation, better medical care, increased agricultural output, etc: these led to decline in death rates, drop in rates of infant mortality. Increase in crop yields and technology has brought down malthusian and neo-
