Reasons for World Population Growth
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- Created by: Jenny Henry
- Created on: 30-05-13 17:20
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- Reasons for World Population Growth
- Africa
- Urbanisation
- Increase in rural areas
- Increase in the growth of urbanisation
- Rural to urban migration
- Less need for children to work - decrease in birth rate
- Agricultural Change
- Still needs children to work
- Farming has become more effective
- Better development of machinery
- More use of fertiliser, herbicides and pesticides
- Birth rate decreases
- Role of Women
- Less freedoms / choices e.g. use of contraception
- Religious / social reasons
- Culture - big families
- Lack of equal opportunities - no career
- In Bangladesh the bank lends money to women to be entrepeners
- Urbanisation
- Europe
- Agricultural Change
- Mechanisation of farming
- Less need for children to work
- Less children - decrease in birth rate
- Urbanisation
- Growth of towns and cities
- Majority of people live in towns and cities
- Higher standard of living
- High expectations of materials and resources
- Fewer children so lower birth rate - stable population
- Stage 4/5 of Demographic Transition Model
- Role of Women
- More contraception available - lower birth rate
- More focus on careers - equal opportunities
- Women decide to have their 1st child later - stable population
- Some women choose to focus on career and have no children
- Agricultural Change
- Africa
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