1. Environmental Science
Chapter 9 Lecture Notes
The Human Population

2. Chapter 9 Targets
1. I can define demography and describe the 2 general categories of population growth they study.
2. I can describe how the size and growth rate of the human population has changed in the last 200 years.
3. I can make predictions about population trends based on age structure.
4. I can describe how survivorship, fertility, migration, death rate and life expectancy affect populations.
5. I can describe the four stages of the demographic transition.
6. I can name the 2 main factors affecting birth rates.

3. Studying Human Populations
Demography
Countries with similar population trends grouped into 2 categories:
Developed and Developing countries T1

4. The Human Population Over Time

5. Age Structure T3

6. Survivorship T4

7. Fertility Rates T4

8. Migration T4

9. T4
Declining Death Rates

10. Life Expectancy T4

11. The Demographic Transition

12. Stages of the Transition

13. Women and Fertility T6

14. Chapter 9 Targets
7. I can describe three problems caused by rapid human population growth.
8. I can compare population growth problems in more-developed countries and less developed countries.
9. I can analyze strategies countries may use to reduce their population growth.
10. I can describe worldwide population projections into the next century.

15. Problems of Rapid Growth

16. A Demographically Diverse WorldT8

17. Managing Development and Population Growth

18. Managing Development and Population Growth

19. Managing Development and Population

20. Projections to 2050
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