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Population Studies

Population Studies. Causes and effects of rapid population growth. Definitions. Birth Rate The number of live births per 1000 people per year. Death Rate The number of deaths per 1000 people per year. Population Growth

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Population Studies

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  1. Population Studies Causes and effects of rapid population growth

  2. Definitions • Birth Rate • The number of live births per 1000 people per year. • Death Rate • The number of deaths per 1000 people per year. • Population Growth • Increase, over a specific period of time, in the number of individuals living in a country or region. Birth Rate - Death Rate = Increase or Decrease in population Pop Growth

  3. Causes and Effects of Rapid Population Growth • Population video (to be shown only in class)

  4. Causes of Rapid Population Growth • Uneducated population • Main economic activity • “Baby Boom” era • Conquest of disease

  5. Effects of Rapid Population Growth • Competition for jobs • Movement of young from countryside to cities. • Overcrowding in cities  Slum area • Competition for housing • Higher housing prices • Competition for educational opportunities • Loss of talents to migration

  6. Representation of Population Growth. • In numbers • Population Pyramid (to be shown only in class)

  7. Additional Information on Population • population expanded ‘geometrically,’ while ‘subsistence increases only at an arithmetic ratio.’ It is believed that man’s ability to increase his food supply was constrained in three particular ways: through land scarcity, the limited production capacity of cultivated land, and the law of diminishing returns. (Grp 1) • http://www.courseworkbank.co.uk/coursework/population_resources_-_malthus_boserup_1325/ • Malthusian Theory

  8. Scenerio: • What would the situation be like in Singapore by 2050???? (Grp 2)

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