Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Population Dynamics
- Population Explosion
- This is referring to the recent,
dramatic, increase in the
global population
- Reasons for the Growth
- Due to modern medicine people are
living for longer
- Food Production has
increased worldwide due to a
better understanding of
agriculture
- Death rates are
falling faster than
birth rates
- In LEDC's large families are still
commonplace despite to offset the extra
labor they undertake, despite the dramatic
increase in life expectancy
- Main Factors of
Population Growth
- Birth Rate
- The number of births per
year, per 1000 population
- Death Rate
- The number of deaths per year,
per 1000 population
- Migration
- The permanent, seasonal
or temporary movement of
people
- Resources
- The more resources a country has, the
more children people have.
- Underpopulation
- When a country or region has
more resources available than
are being used by the people
living there
- Problems
- Restricts economic growth
- Can be unstable if the
dependency rate is too high
- Restricts social growth
- Population won't be able to fill all the jobs
that are needed
- Overpopulation
- When a country or region does not
have enough resources to keep its
people living at a reasonable
standard
- Problems
- Not enough housing
- High crime rates
- Not enough health care
- Not enough education
- Congestion
- Shortage of food and water
- Water and air pollution
- The Impact of HIV on Growth
Rates
- HIV drastically increases death rates
all around the world, the most severe
of which can be seen in Africa
- HIV spawned in Africa and the USA, then being
transferred through the Middle East and South
America.
- MEDCs where HIV is still prevalent are USA and Russia
- In Africa, HIV is
present everywhere
- The most infected areas are along the southern coast
- 11-20% infected
- Some of the countries have an
infection rate of +20%
- Central Africa is less infected
- 1-5% infected
- Exceptions
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Gabon
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Social and Economic Impacts
- Drastically reduces the work force
- Weakens economy
- Taboo against women, as
they account for 58% of the
infected population
- Amount of deaths leaves behind
many orphans
- Prevention of AIDS
- Educating the teenage population of the
symptoms and treatments
- Public advertisement about
contraception
- Personal testing kits
- Quarantine for highly infected areas