Population and Consumption

Created by: Stav Drymoni
Created on: 28-04-14 20:25

Thomas __________________ (1798) said that The bigger the increases in population, the faster they won’t be able to feed themselves

Malthus

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Paul Ehrlick (1968) suggested that the strain on resources due to the increased population has also led to deforestation, pollution, poverty and _____________________

desertification

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Paul _____________(1990) blames catholicism and islam for the increase in population because they emphasize the importance of sons and they are against birth control

Harrison

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____________ theory argues that it's womens status that causes underdevelopment in countries with a large population because half of the population isn't contributing

Modernization

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Three solutions to over population are educating women, western aid and family __________________

planning

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_____________ theory criticises neo-malthusian theory and modernization theory

dependency

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Dependency theorists argue that land ____________ programmes are more likely to be successful than population control

reform

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___________ (1986) argues that High population doesn’t cause poverty, poverty causes the high population

Adamson

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There are crucial differences between developed and developing countries : the rate of population growth, the impact of medicine advances on life expectancy and infant mortality, the economic opportunities and the ________ and trade position faced

debt

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Nick ____________ (2000) “it’s not because people started breading like rabbits. It’s that people stopped dying like flies”

Eberstadt

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Paul Ehrlick (1968) suggested that the strain on resources due to the increased population has also led to deforestation, pollution, poverty and _____________________

Back

desertification

Card 3

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Paul _____________(1990) blames catholicism and islam for the increase in population because they emphasize the importance of sons and they are against birth control

Back

Card 4

Front

____________ theory argues that it's womens status that causes underdevelopment in countries with a large population because half of the population isn't contributing

Back

Card 5

Front

Three solutions to over population are educating women, western aid and family __________________

Back

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