Population Case Studies Flashcards

Question

Consequences of over-population in Indonesia

Answer 1

10% live in poverty, low GNI, 70% homes have proper sanitation, 10% children suffer from malnourishment and food shortages, many unemployed, hygiene problems

Answer 2

does not have the technology, low education, wanting to have more kids (male offspring)

Answer 3

desert, water shortages, weather

Answer 4

More resources than can be used, schools and hospitals may have to shut down, shortage of workers = lower optimum productivity, less people paying tax and more people retiring, public transport links may close, less innovation and development, harder to defend country

Answer 5

Low status of women, low education (especially among females), early marriage, low use of contraception, poverty,

Answer 6

health sectors faces human and infrastructural damage, primary education cannot be sustained in some areas, unemployment especially among the poor, pressure of resources, poverty

Answer 7

women working in high-tech industries do not want to ruin career, higher standard of living without children, child care costs are more expensive meaning having a child is becoming more expensive, high life expectancy

Answer 8

shortage of workers in future means a reduced economic growth, closure of schools of universities, grey industries will grow, ageing population means more pensions which the government has to pay for meaning higher taxes for the active population, small towns become derelict as not enough people to support some industries

Answer 9

longer life expectancy, people needing children as they may be more expensive, people having children later and focusing on other things (higher life quality, career etc.)

Answer 10

Main port where all world trade passes (Straits of Malacca), low crime and corruption rates, good education, good health facilities, many job opportunities in business headquarters, industrial centres, oil refineries, chemical factories, efficient container port, idea location

Answer 11

limited daylight (6 hours in Anchorage), transport is hard, no reads connecting the towns and villages, if you want something from somewhere else you may have to have it flied in or you must fly out, extreme weather from 15 to -35 degrees, places are inhabitable and inhospitable, not many jobs (only decreasing oil industry, fishing, government and tourism limited to only a few months), in ice = difficult living conditions,

Population Case Studies Flashcards

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