ENVI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Malthusian Trap, New Urbanism, White Flight

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Environmental Study
• Course: ENVI 101
• Professor: Meindl

Document Summary

3 reasons for exponention population growth: contemporary agricultural system, technological advances, declining mortality rates from sanitation, medicine, healthcare. Pull factors: good economy and opportunity in first world countries. Most of the third world is experiencing rural migration they are moving into the cities. This is just like (cid:272)ities like chi(cid:272)ago i(cid:374) the u a i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)s sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g is happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) i(cid:374)dia e(cid:454)ept (cid:374)o(cid:449) the populations are wayyyyy bigger in india so ecofactors are multiplied. Malthusian trap: overproduction of young, inability of resources to keep up with rising population, irresponsibility of the lower classes. I(cid:374) the u a (cid:448)s othe(cid:396) de(cid:448)eloped (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)ies: (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e (cid:1008). (cid:1008)% of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s populatio(cid:374) (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e use (cid:1006)(cid:1009)% of total resources. We also have low life expectancy and high mortality rates so we actually need immigration or else we would just have an aging population.