Population Growth
Benjamin Sandoval
Kyle Edminson
April 12
Human population has exceeded 6 billion and will inevitably continue to grow.
Population growth is heavily attributed to developing nations, primarily Africa where it is a cultural norm for women to bear many children to carry on the ancestral blood line. Navaho Indian also embrace a culture of producing many children as a means of repopulating their people. It is typical for a Navahoe female to drop out of school at an early age to procreate.
Malthusian theory suggest that unchecked population growth will reach exponential proportions; whereas our vital resources such as water and food grow arithmetically (value decreases.) Malthusian values include the preservation of vital resources to ensure stability for the current and future populations. Malthus purports two propositions to counter this epidemic; preventative measures that are self-imposed (such as contraception) and premature deaths or "positive checks" (such as disease, starvation ext.) As a result, Malthus therefor endorses population control programs such as Planned Parenthood that equip woman with the necessary contraceptive measures ie artificial birth control. Another example of contemporary population control is China's one child policy or in Uzbekistan, where they forcibly sterilize woman after they give birth. The theory has received an enormous amount of criticism from human rights activists and a wide variety of liberal and conservative groups.
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote "An Essay on the Principles of Population" predicating that while population grows exponentially, resources such as food and water grow arithmetically. If the population exceeds the buffering capacity of producing these resources then we will face a . Checking the population growth through preventative "checks" and positive checks (ie. premature deaths) was promoted as a means of preserving mankind to a more sustainable level. Preventative checks were
Kyle Edminson
April 12
Human population has exceeded 6 billion and will inevitably continue to grow.
Population growth is heavily attributed to developing nations, primarily Africa where it is a cultural norm for women to bear many children to carry on the ancestral blood line. Navaho Indian also embrace a culture of producing many children as a means of repopulating their people. It is typical for a Navahoe female to drop out of school at an early age to procreate.
Malthusian theory suggest that unchecked population growth will reach exponential proportions; whereas our vital resources such as water and food grow arithmetically (value decreases.) Malthusian values include the preservation of vital resources to ensure stability for the current and future populations. Malthus purports two propositions to counter this epidemic; preventative measures that are self-imposed (such as contraception) and premature deaths or "positive checks" (such as disease, starvation ext.) As a result, Malthus therefor endorses population control programs such as Planned Parenthood that equip woman with the necessary contraceptive measures ie artificial birth control. Another example of contemporary population control is China's one child policy or in Uzbekistan, where they forcibly sterilize woman after they give birth. The theory has received an enormous amount of criticism from human rights activists and a wide variety of liberal and conservative groups.
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote "An Essay on the Principles of Population" predicating that while population grows exponentially, resources such as food and water grow arithmetically. If the population exceeds the buffering capacity of producing these resources then we will face a . Checking the population growth through preventative "checks" and positive checks (ie. premature deaths) was promoted as a means of preserving mankind to a more sustainable level. Preventative checks were