INTLSTD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: World Trade Organization, World Food Programme, Sub-Saharan Africa
20 Aug 2016
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Eratosthenes: calculate circumference of the earth by observing the sun. Claudis ptolemy: created a map that introduced concept of latitude and longitude. Alexander von humboldt: father of modern geography" wrote cosmos. Will population exceed capacity? protecting and managing shared resources is harder if population grows. Sub-saharan africa: vast majority of growth comes from poorest countries. Why? education: more kids (less birth control) cultural values: want a boy or a large family to support parents in old age. China"s restrictions leads to female babies being abandoned of killed aging population and shortage of care providers. The potential for tragedy: too little food and too many mouths to feed - population could exceed food supply most basic need = food and water. Malthusian dilemma: growth of the world"s population increases geometrically while production of food can only increase arithmetically.
