GEOS 1024 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Improved Sanitation, Addiction, Ecological Footprint
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Distributed: reasons for population increase, humans have developed the ability to expand ii. into almost all of the planet"s climate zones and habitats. Most of the increase in the world"s population within the last 100 years is the result of lower death rates not higher birth rates. Rate of population growth has slowed, but still grow exponentially at a rate of. About 1% of the new arrivals are born into developed countries (which grow . 17% a year) The other 99% are born in to middle and low income, less- developed countries (which grow. Chapter 6 outline: crude birth rate i. i, crude death rate. The number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a given year. The number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population in a given year. Stabilize the world"s population: fertility rate i. ii. The number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
