Human Landscape Ecology Lab
Objective: To determine how demographics and characteristics affects the future growth of an area or country.
What was your high fertility rate country and what was it's fertility rate?
The country I chose that has a high fertility rate is India. Their fertility rate is 3.75.
What was your low fertility rate country and what was it's fertility rate?
The country I chose that has a low fertility rate is Italy. Their fertility rate is 1.6.
The initial demographic "shape" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth?
The pyramid indicates that population toward the base is larger and representative of a younger age group. This means that a large percentage of the population will eventually be approaching child rearing age which will create an increase in population. Because of this if factors remain relatively the same growth will continue.
Your low fertility rate country might have a more oval-shaped curve with a high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle aged people.
The oval shape shows that there are fewer young people and more middle aged people in the population. Within this population the persons approaching their reproductive years are fewer and the majority of the population leaving their reproductive years are on the increase.
Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people's attitudes, conditions on the streets, etc. will be like in each of those situations. Imagine a situation with lots of middle-ageded and older people in the population and write ten quick "brain-storm" descriptors for you think it would be like. Then do the same for a situation with lots of children in the population.
Scenario:Large population of middle-older aged people
Looking to down-size
Concerned about retirement
Seeking less strenuous physical activity
Less shopping
Schools and activity centers geared toward mature activities
Television programming for maintaining health
More programs at hospitals for age related diseases
More retirement based communities
Movies reflect age issues
Less busy
Scenario: Large population of children in the population
Busy mornings in the home and in the streets
Lots of shopping to keep the children fed and dressed
Adults are concerned about needing larger living space.
More use in parks and playgrounds.
Middle aged adults gather around children's activities
Schools at full capacity
More games and toys and children's shows on television
Lots of traffic around schools in the morning and after school
Sharing ideas about raising children
House work and chores, lots of laundry
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