GEE 11
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Human Population
Issues
Mr. Joylinber P. Tandingan, MSc
Instructor 1
Department of Environmental Science
College of Forestry & Environmental Science
Central Mindanao University
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At the end of the chapter, the students should be able to:
1. define demography and population explosion;
2. explain the current population situation in the world and the
Philippines;
3. discuss the impacts of population growth on the
environment; and
4. enumerate the various approaches to slow down human
population growth.
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7.1 Current Human Population Situation
7.2 Impacts of Human Population Growth on the
Environment
7.3 Approaches to Slow Population Growth
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Current Human Population Situation
Demography is the interdisciplinary study of
human populations. Demography deals with
social characteristics of the population and their
development through time.
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Current Human Population Situation
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Current Human Population Situation
Population explosion is the term
used to describe the rapid and dramatic
rise in world population that has occurred
over the last few hundred years.
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Current Human Population Situation
The Population Division of the United
Nations (UN) predicts that the world’s
population will increase from 6.23
billion people in 2000 to 9.3 billion
people in 2050. The UN estimates
that the population will stabilize at
more than 11 billion in 2200. Other
experts predict that numbers will
continue to rise into the foreseeable
future, to as many as 19 billion people
by the year 2200.
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In the case of the
Philippines, its estimated
population in mid-2007
was 88.7 million and is
projected to increase to
149.8 million by 2050
(PRB, 2008).
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Impacts of Human Population Growth on the Environment
Human population growth is at
the root of virtually all of the
world’s environmental problems.
Although the growth rate of the
world’s population has slowed
slightly since the 1990s, the
world’s population increases by
about 77 million human beings
each year (Microsoft Encarta,
2007). .
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As the number of
people increases,
crowding generates
pollution, destroys
more habitats, and
uses up additional
natural resources.
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In the developing world, meanwhile, the
most important factors necessary to
lower population growth rates are
democracy and social justice.
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Why do you think democracy and
social justice is/are necessary in
decreasing the population growth?
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Although rates of population increase are
now much slower in the developed world
than in the developing world, it would be a
mistake to assume that population growth
is primarily a problem of developing
countries.
In fact, because larger amounts of
resources per person are used in
developed nations, each individual from
the developed world has a much greater
environmental impact than does a person
from a developing country. Conservation
strategies that would not significantly alter
lifestyles but that would greatly lessen
environmental impact are essential in the
developed world.
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Continuation. . .
developed world has a much
greater environmental impact
than does a person from a
developing country in terms
of CO2 emission
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Studies show that
population growth rates
have fallen in developing
areas where several social
conditions exist. In these
areas, literacy rates have
increased and women
receive economic status
equal to that of men,
enabling women to hold
jobs and own property.
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In addition, birth control
information in these areas
is more widely available,
and women are free to
make their own
reproductive decisions.
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Approaches to Slow Population Growth
From United Nations during Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt
1) Provide universal access to family planning services and
reproductive health care;
2) Improve health care for infants, children, and pregnant
women;
3) Develop and implement national population policies;
4) Improve the status of women and expand education and
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job opportunities for young women;
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5) Provide more education, especially for girls and
women;
6) Increase the involvement of men in child-rearing
responsibilities and family planning;
7) Sharply reduce poverty; and
8) Greatly reduce unsustainable patterns of production
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Do not allow other people to limit your capabilities;
you are more capable than what you think.
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