Chapter 8 paragraph 2: an overpopulated planet?

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AardrijkskundeMiddelbare schoolhavoLeerjaar 3

This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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At the end of this lesson
you can explain the link between the carrying capacity of the earth and overpopulation

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Demography
the study of the size, the composition and distribution of the population

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The absolute increase in the world population is enormous, but the relative population growth has decreased from 2% to 1%. Explain this.

Slide 4 - Open question

Population growth is uneven. Where does the population grow a lot, and where doesn't the population grow as much.

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Population growth
  • Rich countries: low population growth. A lot of population ageing.  
  • Poor countries: high population growth. Because of the many births, also a relatively young population. 
  • Because of the population explosion: a lot of demographic investments. 

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What migrationflows do we see 1. within countries, 2. between countries?

Slide 7 - Open question

Migrationflows
  • Within countries: rural to urban
  • Between countries: from poor to rich countries, or from unsafe to safe countries. 

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How can we see that living sustainably may not be possible with so many people on the earth?

Slide 9 - Open question

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To work
  • Read paragraph 2
  • Make assignments (see workplanner)


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