Population & Change
An unnatural gender imbalance and female infanticide
What are 2 consequences of China´s One Child Policy?
Carbon dioxide and methane are 2 examples
Give 2 examples of greenhouse gases
The ecological footprint
Name a measure of human impact on the environment
Total fertility rate
What is the indicator that shows the average number of children a woman is likely to have in her reproductive lifetime?
COP26 and the Paris Accord
Name 2 examples of Global Climate conferences
It is the amount of water required to produce or make goods or services.
What is the meaning of virtual or embedded water?
This stage has falling crude death rates and high crude birth rates
What are the characteristics of stage 2 of the demographic transition model?
Melting permafrost in Siberia releasing methane accelerating climate change
Give an example of a positive feedback affecting climate change
A theory that predicts human population grows at a faster rate than food production leading to positive checks
What is Malthusian Theory?
This index measures economic, educational, health and political participation
What does the GII measure?
Spraying sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere to reflect incoming UV
Give an example of geo-engineering designed to mitigate the effects of climate change
A result of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation
Explain 2 reasons for the rise in the Middle Class in places like china
A demographic dividend
What is the word to describe the rapid economic growth that results from a country with the majority of its population in the working age group?
Thermal expansion and melting ice sheets
Explain 2 causes of global sea level rise
Water, food and energy security is interconnected
What is the nexus approach?