1. Demographic Transition (development/population): What is the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)? What are its stages, and what are its characteristics? How can the DTM inform policy makers and scholars regarding population pressures toward resource conservation?
The Demographic Transition Model (DMT) is a graph that shows population (Y axis) change over time (X axis). There are three lines of information on the graph: birth rate, death rate and total population. It is useful because it shows natural increase and it can help estimate population structure. The DMT shows four, sometimes 5, distinct stages. In stage 1, birth rates and death rates are high so there is no net growth. There is a lack of birth control, education and hygiene and people usually have large families. Almost no countries are still in this phase. This stage usually refers to either the past such as early civilizations or Today’s Amazonian tribes. In stage 2, often called the industrialization period, death rates decrease significantly. Birth rates decrease as well, just not nearly …show more content…
One example of this is when a company desires to maximize profits, so they cut the wages of the employees. This disables the employees to consume the products that they are producing. This causes these potential consumers to resent the company they work for and reject the idea of capitalism altogether. The second contradiction is when a company, again looking to maximize their profits, extracts a natural resource to the point of depletion. Without considering sustainable long-term use through conservation, their yields of this resource will gradually lessen until complete extinction or sterilization. Both contradictions run on same principle that the more severely the land or the workforce is exploited, the less able they are to sustain production over time which eventually leads to
The Demographic Transition Model (DMT) is a graph that shows population (Y axis) change over time (X axis). There are three lines of information on the graph: birth rate, death rate and total population. It is useful because it shows natural increase and it can help estimate population structure. The DMT shows four, sometimes 5, distinct stages. In stage 1, birth rates and death rates are high so there is no net growth. There is a lack of birth control, education and hygiene and people usually have large families. Almost no countries are still in this phase. This stage usually refers to either the past such as early civilizations or Today’s Amazonian tribes. In stage 2, often called the industrialization period, death rates decrease significantly. Birth rates decrease as well, just not nearly …show more content…
One example of this is when a company desires to maximize profits, so they cut the wages of the employees. This disables the employees to consume the products that they are producing. This causes these potential consumers to resent the company they work for and reject the idea of capitalism altogether. The second contradiction is when a company, again looking to maximize their profits, extracts a natural resource to the point of depletion. Without considering sustainable long-term use through conservation, their yields of this resource will gradually lessen until complete extinction or sterilization. Both contradictions run on same principle that the more severely the land or the workforce is exploited, the less able they are to sustain production over time which eventually leads to