GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mesoamerica, Indian Subcontinent, Consumerism
14 Mar 2017
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Lect. jan 23 global population: the big picture objectives & introduction: current global pop. China has most people, india, america, indonesia, brazil < top 5. #37 in rank among the 200 countries of the world. Global pop. is increasing annually 85 million people per year population geography: demography: the study of population. Graphe population geo: the study of the spatial components of demography. Concern to population geo - growth (or decline) of population over time. E. g. when alberta oil sands were doing good, population rate was good. The causes and consequences of population change. E. g. china"s one child policy - successful in limiting pop. growth. Spatial distribution of population & the consequences with respect to global resources. E. g. consumerism - if everyone consumed at rate of canadians, the global environment state would be much different (worse) history of pop. growth: 1650 ad (~350 bp) - 50 million. 1800 ad (~200 bp) - 1 billion.
