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Malthus and the Theory of Population

Matteo Scotto 11/18/19 1) T he constant tendency of all animated life is to increase beyond the nourishment provided for it 2) War, plague, and famine 3) Malthus's idea to address food shortage deaths was to have positive and preventative checks to correct the population to a sustainable level 4) Positive checks are natural disasters that Malthus believed would correct the imbalance between food supply and population growth. Some examples include earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, etc. Preventive checks are measures that would control population growth. Some examples include late marriages, family planning, celibacy, etc. 5) Malthus had some "unique" ideas, to say the least. But not all of them were bad. His approach to preventative checks seemed interesting and could be adjusted to actually effective. His idea of "positive checks" however doesn't make much sense when the "natural forces could destroy businesses and farms, which would decre...
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Japan's Aging Crisis

Matteo Scotto 11/20/19 1) One aspect is the increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population. The other is the slower growth of the population, arising directly from the declining fertility rate.   2)  By 2030, one in every three people will be 65 or older. 3) The direct economic impact of Japan's aging population is it will reduce the labor force,  which is a major factor in production. 4)  The government came up with an idea of making Japan an “age-free society” in which people 65 and older will not be considered senior citizens and will rather be encouraged to stay healthy and keep working.
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The One Child Policy

Matteo Scotto 11/14/19 1)  official program initiated in the late 1970s and early ’80s by the central government of China, the purpose of which was to limit the great majority of family units in the country to one child each 2) It was introduced by Deng Xiaoping and officially started on September 25, 1980 3) The program was intended to be applied universally, although exceptions were made—e.g., parents within some ethnic minority groups or those whose firstborn was handicapped were allowed to have more than one child. It was implemented more effectively in urban environments, where much of the population consisted of small nuclear families who were more willing to comply with the policy, than in rural areas, with their traditional agrarian extended families that resisted the one-child restriction 4) Most notably, the country’s overall sex ratio became skewed toward males—roughly between 3 and 4 percent more males than females. Traditionally, male children (especially firs...
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Don't Panic Video Notes

Matteo Scotto 11/12/19 Human Geography Mr. Fendryk In 1800, the population became 1 billion fewer the children = longer the life span 1 in 5 children would die in Bangledesh by age 5 The world's code is 1-1-1-4. This means 1 billion people in the Americas, 1 billion people in Europe, 1 billion people in Africa, and 4 billion in Asia and Oceania The world's code in 2100 will be 1-1-4-5 Since 1800, many countries escaped from extreme poverty. high production factories are increasing climate change
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Introduction To Population

  Matteo Scotto 11/10/19 Human Geography Mr. Fendryk Population - a collection of human beings in a certain place Demography - a social science which entails the statistical study of human populations The Key Demographic Indicators are: (1) Total Population (2) Population Growth Rate (3) Total Fertility Rate (4) Young and Old Populations (5) Life Expectancy (6) Crude Birth Rate (7) Crude Death Rate (8) Infant Mortality Rate (9) Net Migration Population Statistics of Italy, South Korea, Australia, and Chile  Italy  1. 62,246,674  2. 0.16%  3. 1.45 children born  4.  0-14 years: 13.6% (male 4,326,862 /female 4,136,562)  15-24 years: 9.61% (male 2,994,651 /female 2,984,172)  25-54 years: 41.82% (male 12,845,442 /female 13,183,240)  55-64 years: 13.29% (male 4,012,640 /female 4,261,956)  65 years and over: 21.69% (male 5,817,819 /female 7,683,330)  5. 82.4 years  6. 8.5 births...
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Mapping the World: Africa

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1. Somalia 2. Ethiopia 3. Kenya 4. Madagascar 5. Tanzania 6. Mozambique 7. Eswatini 8. Lesotho 9. South Africa 10. Egypt 11. Sudan 12. South Sudan 13. Uganda 14. Rwanda 15. Burundi 16. Zambia 17. Zimbabwe 18. Libya 19. Chad 20. Central African Republic 21. Democratic Republic of the Congo 22. Angola 23. Namibia 24. Botswana 25. Niger 26. Nigeria 27. Cameroon 28. Equatorial Guinea 29. Gabon 30. Congo 31. Algeria 32. Mali 33. Burkina Faso 34. Ghana 35. Togo 36. Benin 37. Morocco 38. Western Sahara 39. Mauritania 40. Senegal 41. The Gambia 42. Guinea-Bissau 43. Sierra Leone 44. Liberia 45. Djibouti 46. Eritrea 47. Tunisia 48. Malawi 49. Guinea 50. Comoros 51.  Sao Tome and Principe 52. Cote d'ivoire
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Mapping the World Part 3: Europe

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Matteo Scotto 10/19/19  Russia  Finland  Estonia  Belarus  Latvia  Lithuania  Ukraine  Moldova  Norway  Sweden  Denmark  Poland  Czech Republic  Slovakia  Romania  Bulgaria  Turkey  Cyprus  Germany  Austria  Hungary  Serbia  Kosovo  F.Y.R.O.M.  Greece  Slovenia  Croatia  Bosnia & Herzegovina   Montenegro   Albania  Iceland  Netherlands  Belgium  Switzerland  San Marino  Italy  Vatican City  Malta  Ireland  United Kingdom  Luxemburg  Liechtenstein  France  Monaco  Andorra  Portugal  Spain
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