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Demographic transition is the process in which a nation transitions from being a less industrialized society, with high birth and death rates, to an industrialized nation, with lower birth and death rates. Many countries have already been through this transition including the United States, England, and Canada.
The demographic transition to an industrialized society is detrimental for the environment because industrialized societies tend to use up nonrenewable resources and give off pollution. Industrialized nations have the largest ecological and carbon footprint relative to developing or nonindustrialized countries. Fortunately, there are some benefits to the process of demographic transition, including lower birth and death rates. Essentially, people in industrialized countries have fewer children and this in turn helps control the overall population size.
Demographic transition involves the following five stages:
Stage 1 |
High birth rate, high death rate, low population size |
Stage 2 |
High birth rate, decreasing death rate, increasing population size
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Stage 3 |
Decreasing birth rate, decreasing death rate, increasing population size |
Stage 4 |
Low birth rate, low death rate, high population size |
Stage 5 |
Low birth rate, low death rate, population size decreasing |
It should be noted that stage 5 is controversial, and it is sometimes not considered to be a stage. This is partially because so few countries are at this stage.
The following graph depicts the various stages of demographic transition:
Using the stages listed above, create a demographic and environmental timeline for one industrialized country, excluding the United States. The following are a few suggested industrialized nations:
Canada
England
Germany
Russia
Italy
You can download the Demographic and Environmental Timeline-United States of America to review an example of such a timeline.
Include the following points in your timeline in order to examine the advantages and drawbacks of demographic transition in your selected country:
Major historical changes that caused the shift from one stage to another (if available).
Changing population size through time (increasing or decreasing).
Increase or decrease of birth and death rates through time-particularly when considering the process of industrialization.
Environmental impact of this transition.
Dates (if available), series of events, and scholarly references for these items.
Support your timeline with appropriate examples and a minimum of three credible resources.
Present your timeline in a media that best displays the information you researched. This can be in Microsoft Word, or Microsoft PowerPoint. Apply APA standards to citation of sources
Suggested Resources-M2: Assignment 2-Demographic Transitions Canada: Statistics Canada. (2010). Demographic change. Retrieved from
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-229- x/2009001/demo/int1-eng.htm
England: Population Reference Bureau. (2011). The demographic transition-A contemporary look at a classic model. Retrieved from
https://www.prb.org/Publications/LessonPlans/TheDemographicTransitionAContemporaryLookataClassicModel/Activity1.aspx
Germany: Population Reference Bureau. (2011). Germany: Beyond the demographic transition's end. Retrieved from
https://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/germany.aspx
Russia: Heleniak, T. (2011). Russia's demographic decline continues. Population Reference Bureau. Retrieved from
https://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/RussiasDemographicDeclineContinues.aspx
Italy: Population Reference Bureau. (2011). 2011 World population data sheet. Retrieved from
https://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx
General and Environmental Information: Surface, M. (2008). AP environmental science chapter 6-History and global distribution. In The encyclopedia of earth. Retrieved from
https://www.eoearth.org/article/AP_Environmental_Science_Chapter_6-_History_and_Global_Distribution
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