Human Survivorship
Most populated country in the world.
What is India?
In this stage, birth and death rates are high, the population grows slowly, and infant mortality is high
What is pre-industrial/1st stage?
What is Nigeria/Ethiopia?
This worldview believes that nature should be totally protected.
What is a preservationist?
This agency enforces environmental laws in the United States.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
This definition is the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime.
What is total fertility rate?
In this stage there is a decline in birth rates and population growth slows.
What is the industrial/3rd stage?
What is the doubling time when the population growth rate is 5%
What is 14 years?
This worldview believes that the entire ecosystem should be protected.
What is an eco-centric worldview?
This United States law protects the common resources of water.
What is the Clean Water Act?
The I in the IPAT model stands for this.
What is human impact?
In this stage, there are both low birth and death rates so the population stabilizes and starts to decline.
What is the postindustrial/4th stage?
This shows the rate of population change with the number of births, number of deaths, and migration.
What is the population growth rate?
What is conservationist?
This author wrote Silent Spring that warned of the dangers of DDT (insecticide) pollution.
Who is Rachel Carson?
The replacement fertility rate is this number.
What is 2.1?
In this stage, the death rate is lower because of better access to healthcare. The population grows fast.
What is the transitional/2nd stage?
This is how many people are on Earth.
What is 8.1 billion?
This worldview believes that people are part of the environment.
What is an anthrocentric worldview?
This U.S. policy ensures that environmental impacts are included in the policy decisions.
What is NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)?
What is the population is increasing?
Japan is an example of this stage.
What is the postindustrial/4th stage?
The year a population will double when in 2025 the growth rate is 1.4%
What is 2075?
This dam is located in Yosemite National Park and was the source of controversy between differing world views.
What is the Hetch Hetchy Dam?
This international treaty fixed the problem of the ozone hole in the atmosphere.
What is the Montreal Protocol?