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EQUATIONS

Theorist who believed the earth has a carrying

capacity which we have been exceeding for years.

Who is Catton?

Theorists who believed that population will grow

in geometric sequence while food can only

increase arithmetically.

Who is Malthus?

The theory of demographic regulation (that over time

a society naturally regulates its population)

was proposed by this person.

Who is Bogue?

Theorist who proposed that “Capitalism has created an unfair economic system.

People profited at the expense of laborers. By keeping the working class

poor, the population growth rate remains high”

Who is Karl Marx?

Homer Dixon Question here

Who is Homer-Dixon?

The approximate number of people living on planet earth.

What is 6.5 billion?

Factors that the population growth rate takes into

account.

What is births, deaths, immigration, emigration?

Formula to calculate the birth rate of a country.

What is Births divided by Total Population x 1000?

What is a DINK?

What is Double Income No Kids?

The phenomenon of population changes in a

country over time.

What is Demographic Transition?

The International Conference on Population and

Development (ICPD) had the goal of accomplishing this:

What is create policies to help countries complete their demographic transition while also

developing their economies?

Name one country that is currently in stage 1 of the

demographic transition model.

What is no countries are still in stage one?

If there was a stage 5 added to the demographic transition

model what could it be explained as?

What is a large aging population and a replacement rate well below 2.1?

The acceptance of the Germ theory of disease enables countries to move through this stage of the demographic transition model

much faster than they could in the past.

What is stage 2: Early Transition?

Two flaws that India’s current population policy is

often criticized for.

What is quotas were established for each district and that a

national one size fits all approach was adopted?

During the mid 1970’s this was being done in India to control population growth

(often without consent of the patient)

What is mass sterilization?

In 1950, when China’s gov’t decided that drastic measures

needed to be taken to curb population growth, what was the current fertility rate (How many

babies per each woman?)

What is 6 babies per woman?

Before China’s One Child policy began in the 1970’s the

country had made other attempts to control population

Growth. What was the name of the first population policy in

China (begun in 1958)

What is the Great Leap Forward?

People, paid by the government who help enforce China’s one child policy and

chastise offenders.

Who are the granny police?

List 3 of the 6 main factors responsible for the successful

demographic transition in Kerala.

What is education, status of women, health care, land reform,

government, travel & employment?

Name of formula used to calculate the doubling time of

a population.

What is the Rule of 70?

A low total fertility rate is also referred to as this.

What is the birth dearth?

Word meaning the proportion of the country’s population living in towns and cities.

What is urbanization?

Low income squater communities that provide

affordable shelter and informal jobs are referred to

as this.

What are slums of hope?

Defined by the United Nations as the top urban problem.

What is unemployment?

Infant deaths ∕Total live births x 1000

What is Infant Mortality rate?

((population under 15 + population over 65 ∕ total population)) x 100

What is the dependency load?

Births ∕ population x 1000

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What is Birth rate?

((Births – Deaths) ∕ total population) x 100

What is the natural increase rate?

Natural increase rate + net migration rate

What is population growth rate?