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Details Title: Chapter 4 Description: Human Populations Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 10/06/2006 09:15:33	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term population doubling times Definition 70/annual % growth = doubling time Term Malthus Definition limits to growth: humans inevitably outstrip food supply and eventually collapse and are too lazy and immoral to voluntarily impose birth rates Term Marx Definition population growth is a symptom, not a root cause, of poverty and social problems - the way to eliminate population growth is through social jusice Term Neo-Malthusians Definition approaching/surpassed earth's carrying capacity and should make population issues a first priority Term first demographic world Definition less developed, poor, young, and rapidly growing: 80% of world population Term second demographic world Definition wealthy, old, and mosyling shrinking Term crude birth rate Definition number of births a year per thousand (not adjusted for population characteristics) Term total fertility rate Definition number of children born to an average woman in a population during her reproductive life Term life expectancy Definition worldwide has risen from 40 to 65.5 in past century Term opposing factorsL pronatalist pressures Definition increase desire for children: support, pleasure, pride, comfort, income, social status Term birth reduction pressures Definition women have more opportunities (higher education, more personal freedom) Term demographic transition Definition eventually, birth rates begin to fall - populations grow rapidly between death rates and birth rates falling in developed countries, transition is complete and both death and birth rates are low and population is in equilibrium