SCI 1102 Chapter 8: Human Population Growth 1
Document Summary
We begin our examinations of human population growth with an overview of the issue using the assigned chapter in the textbook. These readings will provide a solid overview of this vitally-important issue to humanity"s future on this planet and lay a foundation for the more in-depth examinations that follow. After completing the assigned content and activities, students should be able to: Perceive the scope of human population growth: assess divergent views on population growth. Evaluate how human population, affluence, and technology affect the environment. Explain and apply the fundamentals of demography: outline and assess the concept of demographic transition, describe how wealth and poverty, the status of women, and family planning affect population growth. Peoples republic of china is the world"s most populous nation: 1/5th of the world"s 7billion people live there. Mao believed that population growth was desirable. In 1970: the average chinese woman gave birth to 5. 8 children in her lifetime.
