ENV 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Total Fertility Rate, The Population Bomb, Infant Mortality
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India soon to surpass china as the most populous nation: many of poorer nations experience substantial population growth. The human population is growing rapidly: 85 million people per year, two people per second, exponential growth accelerating increase in population size over time, growth rate is about 1. 2% annually, population doubles in size in 58 years. Population is one of several factors that affect the environment. Ipat model formula that represents how humans" total impact (i) on the environment results from the interaction among population (p), affluence (a), and technology (t) Sensitivity: how sensitive a given environment is to human pressures, adding social factors (ethical standards, social stability, etc. ) Demography: demography social science that applies the principles of population ecology to the study of statistical change in human population (demographers study this) Is the demographic transition a universal process: may/may not apply to all developing nations as they industrialize now and in the future.
