The Human Population Chapter 9

Studying Human Population  Need Slides

Studying Human Population  Forecasting Human Population –Age Structure- distribution of ages of individuals in a population  Young populations tend to increase.  Evenly distributed populations are typically stable

Studying Human Population  Survivorship- the % of individuals in a population that will survive at a given age.

Studying Human Population  Fertility rate- the # of babies born per 1000 women each year. –Total fertility rate- average # of children per women in her lifetime. –Replacement level- average # of children that parents must have to replace themselves (a little above 2 in the US)

Studying Human Population

 Migration- movement of individuals into and out of an area –Immigration- movement INTO –Emigration- movement OUT of (EXIT)

Studying Human Population  Declining death rates- –Declining death rates are the main reason for the human population explosion  Today people have access to adequate food, clean water, and safe sewage disposal –Life expectancy- average # of years a person is likely to live.  Affected mainly by infant mortality rates  Education, food, fuel, and clean water are keys  New threats to life expectancy include disease such as AIDS

Studying Human Populations  In 1900 the average life expectancy was around 40. By 2000 it has increased to more that 67 worldwide.

Studying Human Population  The Demographic Transition- a model that describes how population growth changes my occur.

Changing Population Trends  Problems with population growth –A rapidly growing population can overwhelm natural resources and infrastructure.  Infrastructure- basic facilities and services that support a community. –Schools, roads, clean drinking water, sewage, garbage collection, police and fire protection, hospitals, etc.  Standards of living decrease when resources become overwhelmed.

Changing Population Trends  Problems with population growth –A shortage of fuelwood –Unsafe drinking water  Dysentery, typhoid, cholera –Impacts on land.  Arable land- land used to grow crops.  Urbanization- development of cities  Suburban sprawl- development of suburban areas around cities.

Changes in Population Trends  Managing development and population growth –Some counties have tried to manage population growth with advertising, family planning programs, economic incentives, or legal punishments  China, Thailand, India –In 1994, the United Nations’ conference on population set goals for managing population growth mainly through economic development and raising the status of women world wide.

Changes in Population Trends

 Growth is slowing –World population = 6 billion people  Grew by 87 million per year between  Grew by 81 million per year between  Fertility rates have decreased since 1970 world wide  It is predicted that by 2050 most countries will be at their replacement fertility rate. This would start to level off human population growth.