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Overpopulation

Overpopulation. Morgan Brown & Amanda Lenvin. Overpopulation Video. YouTube - Bad case of the humans YouTube - World Overpopulation. What’s the Deal with Overpopulation?. Population > Resources Occurs Because: Increased birthrates Decreased mortality rates

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Overpopulation

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  1. Overpopulation Morgan Brown & Amanda Lenvin

  2. Overpopulation Video • YouTube - Bad case of the humans • YouTube - World Overpopulation

  3. What’s the Deal with Overpopulation? • Population > Resources • Occurs Because: • Increased birthrates • Decreased mortality rates • More people = less resources to go around

  4. Problems with Overpopulation • Malnutrition • Deforestation to build new housing  loss of wildlife habitat eventual extinction of species • Air and water pollution • Disease outbreak • Abuse of natural resources • More waste produced  more environmental toxins

  5. So We Thought… • If overpopulation is such an issue, what is being done to address the problem? • Let’s look at an example… China!

  6. Dealing with Overpopulation: China • Population control for China had become a problem of survival in the 1970’s • In order to develop economy, China had to control its population • So they came up with a radical solution called The Population Control Policy

  7. Four Parts of China’s Population Control Policy (1979) • Marriage • Bearing Children • One Child Only • Quality of Genes

  8. How Was China Able to Implement Such a Strict Policy? • 7 Factors of Implementation • Severe overpopulation problem • Adequate support by the people • General Frustration • No established religion in China • Emperor regarded as the son of heaven • Women’s high social status • Equal education and employment opportunities

  9. Implementation Cont… • The Communist Party • Peer pressure • Encouraged collectivism • Established Organizations • Family Planning Commissions • Propaganda • newspapers, tv, magazines used to inform people of the scarcity of natural resources, making family planning necessary

  10. Reward and Punishment System • If only have one child: • given $5 a month until child is 16 • get better housing and extra holidays • Those who got sterilized were given gifts

  11. Benefits of the One Child Policy • In 1985, 85.8% of women of reproductive age were practicing birth control methods • Women given greater education and career opportunities previously unavailable prior to the Marriage Law

  12. Interesting Points • The article showed the history of China and how that shapes societal norms • Birth rate reduction from 43.7 per 1,000 in 1963 to 17.70 per 1,000 in 1994. • Reward and Punishment System • Monetary gifts and favoritism • Discrimination against having more than one child

  13. Critique • What happens in the case of twins? Triplets? • Didn’t give suggestions of how China’s policies would work/be adapted in other countries • Doesn’t look to the future enough • if for the next 20 generations people only have one child, what would happen? Is this a positive policy forever in the eyes of China?

  14. Discussion Questions • Since China had to be shocked into a radical population decrease policy, will they have to be shocked again into a population increase policy? • What if the United States was as densely populated as a place like China… what would be a possible solution?

  15. References • Wang, Gabe T. (1996). China’s Population Control Policy. Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://0-chr.sagepub.com.linus.lmu.edu/cgi/reprint/32/2/141 on February 20, 2008.

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