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CHAPTER OUTLINE
Population Ecology 160
s How Do Populations Change in Size?
s Maximum Population Growth
s Environmental Resistance and Carrying Capacity
Human Population Patterns 165
s Projecting Future Population Numbers
Demographics of Countries 170
s The Demographic Transition
■ Environmental InSight: Demographics of
Countries
s Age Structure of Countries
Stabilizing World Population 174
s Culture and Fertility
s The Social and Economic Status of Women
s Family Planning Services
■ What a Scientist Sees: Education and Fertility
■ EnviroDiscovery: Microcredit Programs
s Government Policies and Fertility
Population and Urbanization 181
s Environmental Problems of Urban Areas
s Environmental Benefits of Urbanization
s Urbanization Trends
■ Case Study: Urban Planning in Curitiba, Brazil❑ Study the picture and read the opening story.
❑ Scan the Learning Objectives in each section:
p. 160 ❑ p. 165 ❑ p. 170 ❑ p. 174 ❑ p. 181 ❑
❑ Read the text and study all figures and visuals.
Answer any questions.Analyze key features
❑ National Geographic Map, pp. 168–169
❑ Environmental InSight, p. 171
❑ What a Scientist Sees, p. 179
❑ EnviroDiscovery, p. 180
❑ Case Study, p. 186
❑ Stop: Answer the Concept Checks before
you go on:
p. 164 ❑ p. 167 ❑ p. 174 ❑ p. 180 ❑ p. 185 ❑End of Chapter
❑ Review the Summary and Key Terms.
❑ Answer What is happening in this picture?
❑ Answer the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions.CHAPTER PLANNER✓✓