Population Growth
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT GE247:POPULATION STUDIES DR. J KIVELIA NAME: DESDERIUS DITRICK MWIZILYA REG #; 2011-04-05382 BAGEN
QN. Provide critical argument for and againstthe conention that population growth is the hindrance for socio -economic growth particularly in developing countries.
Popula-tion growth means that is the increase in number of people in a particular geographical area. Popula-tion growth is found in developing countries which are in three continents which are Africa, Asia and South America hich are called third world countries. Reasons for popula-tion growth in third world countries are Economic factorssuch as labour force in agriculture and Social factors such as sex preference,prestige, for security, Early marriages and poligamism, improved health services,food availability and modern life.
THE CAUSES OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
According to Ehrlich[1990] Until recently, birth rates and death rates were about the same, keeping the population stable. People had many children, but a large number of them died before age five.During the Industrial Revolution, a period of history in Europe and North America where there were great advances in science and technology, the success in reducing death rates was attributable to several factors: (1) in-creases in food production and distribution, (2) improvement in public health (water and sanitation), and (3) medical technology (vaccines and antibiotics), along with gains in education and standards of living within many developing nations.Without these attributes present in many children's lives, they could not have survived common diseases like measles or the flu. People were able to fight and cure deadly germs that once killed them. In addition, because of the technology, people could produce more and different kinds of food. Gradually, over a period of time, these discoveries and inventions spread throughout
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT GE247:POPULATION STUDIES DR. J KIVELIA NAME: DESDERIUS DITRICK MWIZILYA REG #; 2011-04-05382 BAGEN
QN. Provide critical argument for and againstthe conention that population growth is the hindrance for socio -economic growth particularly in developing countries.
Popula-tion growth means that is the increase in number of people in a particular geographical area. Popula-tion growth is found in developing countries which are in three continents which are Africa, Asia and South America hich are called third world countries. Reasons for popula-tion growth in third world countries are Economic factorssuch as labour force in agriculture and Social factors such as sex preference,prestige, for security, Early marriages and poligamism, improved health services,food availability and modern life.
THE CAUSES OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
According to Ehrlich[1990] Until recently, birth rates and death rates were about the same, keeping the population stable. People had many children, but a large number of them died before age five.During the Industrial Revolution, a period of history in Europe and North America where there were great advances in science and technology, the success in reducing death rates was attributable to several factors: (1) in-creases in food production and distribution, (2) improvement in public health (water and sanitation), and (3) medical technology (vaccines and antibiotics), along with gains in education and standards of living within many developing nations.Without these attributes present in many children's lives, they could not have survived common diseases like measles or the flu. People were able to fight and cure deadly germs that once killed them. In addition, because of the technology, people could produce more and different kinds of food. Gradually, over a period of time, these discoveries and inventions spread throughout