UrbanRural Urban UrbanRuralRuralEthiopia Turkey FranceBased on data from Population Reference Bureau.Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 189- Explain the rationale behind this statement: It is better for
highly developed countries to spend millions of dollars on
family planning in developing countries now than to have to
spend billions of dollars on relief efforts later. - Which factor do you think would have a larger effect on total
fertility rate: the increased education of men or of women?
Explain your answer. - What are two serious problems associated with the
rapid growth of large urban areas? Explain why they are
serious. - In cities utilizing compact development, motor vehicle use is
reduced. What are some alternatives to motor vehicles? - Should the rapid increase in world population be of
concern to the average citizen in the United States?
Why or why not? - Urbanization varies from one country to another (see
figure). Local and national government agencies in the
three countries represented below strive to provide
services to their populations. How might each of their
efforts differ, and why? How do you think the United
States compares to these countries? What do you
believe to be the biggest problem faced by the United
States, as related to population growth or urbanization,
and how would you propose to address it? - How does the study of population ecology help us
understand why some populations grow, some remain
stable, and others decline? - The growth rates of various populations are usually
expressed in percentages. Why are percentages
advantageous in comparing growth rates? - The human population has grown as we have increased
our global carrying capacity. In your opinion, can the global
carrying capacity continue to increase? Explain your answer. - Why has human population growth, which increased
exponentially for centuries, started to decline in the past
few decades? - Malthus originally suggested that the population of England
would collapse because it could not continue to increase its
production of food. Why did this not happen? - What is carrying capacity? Do you think carrying capacity
applies to people as well as to other organisms? Why or why
not? - What can the governments of developing countries do to
help their countries experience the demographic transition? - If you were to draw an age structure diagram for Poland,
with a total fertility rate of 1.3, which of the following overall
shapes would the diagram have? Explain why a country like
Poland faces a population decline even if its fertility rate
were to start increasing today.
Critical and Creative Thinking Questions
Age (A)Postreproductive
(45 and older)
Reproductive
(15–44 yrs)
Prereproductive
(0–14 yrs)45
15
0(B) (C)THE PLANNER
Sustainable Citizen Question