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Population Clock Population Clock http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html The global population reached 6 billion in fall of 1999
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Expansion of habitat Increased capacity in existing habitats Importing resources Improved sanitation and medicine Increase in agricultural technology
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Availability of food and water Invasion of parasites, pathogens, or disease Over-crowding Sudden Climate changes Pollution of air, soil and water If we do not take steps to control population it is likely one of these factors will forcibly reduce our population for us!!
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Population: number of persons Population change: increase in the number of persons (per year) Growth rates: rate of change (per year) includes births, deaths and immigration, and emigration
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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)= number of births per 1000 population 1990: 24Today: 21.3 Crude Death Rate (CDR)= number of deaths per 1000 population 1990: 9 Today: 8.93 Rate Natural Increase is % growth rate without migration RNI = (crude birth rate – crude death rate) 10 1990: 1.5%Today: 1.4% growth rates have come down
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Number of years in which a population doubles its size Doubling time can be approximated using growth rates and the rule of 70 Doubling time (T) = ___70_____ % growth rate Calculate Doubling Time Below rate: 1.4%doubling time = 50 years rate: 2.0%doubling time = ______ years rate: 0.5%doubling time= _______ years rate: -0.5%doubling time = _______years
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Human Population Growth Per Year = 1.4% LEDC (least economically developed country)=1.7% MEDC (more economically developed country) = 1.0%
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TFR (total fertility rate) = number of children born to a woman during her reproductive years (or life time) 1990: 3.12000: 2.8 IMR (infant mortality rate) = infant deaths per 1000 live births (infant < 1 yr) Used as overall indicator of health 1990: 622000: 56 (1900: 200)
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Use Ne (rt) formula N= Current population e= constant 2.71828… r = growth rate as a decimal!!! t = time in years Example: 2010 data reports that a population of 2,350,000 has a growth rate of 1.2%. What will the population be in 2025?
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The maximum population that can be sustainably supported without running out of resources.
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MEDC’sLEDC’s industrializedlittle or no industry high GDP (gross domestic product) low GDP relatively rich population provide raw materials but few processed or manufactured goods access to education and health care limited access to education and health care high resource use per capita fewer resources consumed per person low population growth rates most have high population growth rates
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Graphic device: bar graph Shows the age and gender composition of a region Horizontal axis: gender male: left-handfemale: right-hand absolute number of people or % Vertical axis: age 5-year or 10-year age groups Three population categories Pre Reproductive- (0-14) Reproductive- (15-44) Post Reproductive- (45 +)
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Helps to determine specifics of potential future populations Shape of pyramid indicates future growth Can point to future changes in social conditions of a country
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Stage Pre- industrial (Stage 1) LEDC (Stage 2) Wealthier LEDC (Stage 3) MEDC (Stage 4) MEDC (Stage 5) Birth rate High DecliningLowVery low Death rate HighModerateLow Life expect ShortMediumLong Pop’l growth SlowRapidSlowingStableShrinking
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Birth rates, death rates and growth rates systematically change through time as societies change: Modernize, urbanize Gain access to new technology Births, deaths, migration Fertility rates play huge role
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Urbanization Importance of children in workforce Cost of raising a child Education/Employment for women Average age of marriage Availability of abortion Availability of birth control Religious beliefs, traditions and culture
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High birth rates, high death rates, low growth rates Stage for much of human history, traditional societies Practically no country today
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High birth rates, declining death rates, rising growth rates Improvements in sanitation (water) and medicine Europe during Industrial Revolution LEDC countries since the 1950’s Much of Africa today, some countries of Asia (Afghanistan, Nepal)
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Continued decline of death rates, declining birth rates, growth rates decline from high to lower levels Change in behavior: adaptation to lower death rate, in particular infant mortality rate Economic change: urbanization (incentive to have fewer children) Mexico today
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Stage 4: low birth rates, low death rates, low growth rates United States today Stage 5: low birth rates, rising death rates, declining growth rates (if birth rates drop below death rates: negative growth rates) Western Europe, Japan
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Stage 2: wide base
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stage 3: wide middle
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stage 4: slender
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stage 5: narrow base
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Computer simulations: Can be highly accurate with many variables Cant include unforeseen events (i.e. natural disaster, terrorist strike, warfare)? Statistical and/or demographic tables Include actual field measurements based on past trends. Past trends may not always predict future trends. How large/representative are the sample populations? Age/sex pyramids ( see above) Population curves Mathematical extrapolation from graphs based on real data Less complex than computer models
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