Factors influencing population change
Technology
Food
Health
Education
War
Place of women in society
Globalisation
Access to better and healthier food
The impact of famine
Impact of the agricultural revolution
Increased trade
Impact of globalisation on population
Sharing of ideas.
Access to travel
When soldiers return and are reunited with their partners
When soldiers leave to fight in a war
Higher level education
Diet
Hygiene and sanitation
Family planning
Women’s education
motorised transport
The internet
mechanised farming
Technology in the home
water treatment
Improved medical care
Access to vaccinations
Access to antibiotics
Access to doctors
Death rates are high as many men are dying out on the battlefield
Birth rates are low as men are away at war and women are left alone with no partners. In other words lest pregnancies
After their near death experiences, when the fortunate soldiers return home they want to have families while they still can as in the back of their minds they are scared whether or not they may be called to participate in another war
Since there was such a boom in birth rates, this generation of children were called boomers
Equality
In poorer countries many people die due to diseases they catch from drinking unsafe and unsanitary dirty water. This is a main factor in why death rates are much higher in poorer countries
When the water quality improves many people live longer lives as they are less likely to catch diseases such as cholera
A healthier diet can lead to less healthy risks in the future and a longer lifespan. For example someone who balances their diet with fruit and veg, carbs, protein, treats ect will be much healthier than someone who constantly consumes junkfood, carbs ect.
When women are offered jobs and are not just expected to manage the home then birth rates decline as some women may like to focus on their career instead of having children,
If women receive a better education they may land a job and kickstart a career. However nowadays, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is expensive and many women and men don’t have enough money to support multiple children or even one child so birth rates decline
Bacteria and germs are every where and if we are not sanitary then we risk catching viruses, bugs ect. Some poorer countries may not have the facilities to provide its people with sanitary bathrooms, utensils such as hand sanitizer dispensers ect.
Instead of walking on foot every where we go we can now drive. This reduces deaths from fungus that we may catch if we walk barefoot. Or perhaps dying from dehydration while walking.
However, motorised vechiles have their dangers. There have been many accidents on the roads involving pedestrians, other drivers, animals ect.
This also decreases the time it takes to transport goods such as food, hygiene products ect
This helps the growth of crops. It makes crops less likely to catch fungi and deseases which would result in low food supply, famine and deaths
However, accidents can happen with machinery resulting in deaths.
Now due to mobile phones you can get in contact with people with a click of a button. So in an emergency situation you can alert the police, pari medic’s, etc to reduce the risks of death
Now due to search engines such as Google people can learn how to manage their health by learning how to do things such as cook healthy recipes and how to exercise properly.
Many people can now travel abroad to recieve life saving surgeries
More medical, food, technological resources etc being shared out with different countries resulting in population growth
move- ments of people within and across national and international borders, resulting in more connections between countries and alliances being formed.
Doctors help deliver babies and cure people. They reduce death rates and increase birth rates
Vaccinations can prevent someone from catching a deadly disease that could potentially kill them
Antibiotics aid people with their recovery once they are ill
Dependence on a particular food that becomes infected can result in thousands of deaths. Eg, the Irish famine and the potato blight
A years worth of crops being destroyed and resulting in shortage of food and people may die from starvation
A balanced diet can result in people living longer and healthier life. We should not only eat processed food
We now know how to grow and maintain our crops so that there is a smaller risk of famine.
There is not as much dependence on one crop. Eg, the potato