Ch. 7.

Human population and environment

-Jyoti Jadhav

Exponential Growth in Population

Date 5000 BC 800 BC 200 BC 1200 AD 1700 AD 1900 AD 1965 AD 2000 AD 2050 AD Population 50 million 100 million 200 million 400 million 800 million 1600 million 3200 million 6100 million 8900 million Doubling time 4,200 years 600 years 1,400 years 500 years 200 years 65 years 51 years to double 215 years to double

Indias population
Age

wise population Working population- age group 14 to 60 years Dependable population- age group between 0 to 14 years and age group above 60 years Sex wise composition Number of females per 1000 male population Kerala-1058 females per 1000 males Haryana-861 females per 1000 males

Quality of life
Economic Social Health Physical Natural Political

Economic
Per

capita income Distribution of National Income Economic security Job availability

Social
Family Community Social

security Cultural development

Health
Physical Mental Food

quality (balanced diet)

Physical
Housing

condition Transport condition Communication facilities Public services Aesthetics

Natural
Quality

of Air Quality of drinking water Solid waste management

Political
Stable

Government Human Rights Political pressure

Population projection
The prediction of future populations based on the present age-sex structure, and with the present rates of fertility, mortality, and migration r = b - d+_ m where r = total growth of population b = total births in that year d = total deaths in that year +_ m = Positive or negative effects of migration

Arithmetical Increase method

Pn = P0 + (n x i) Where, Pn = Population after nth decade P0 = Present Population n = Number of decades i = Growth rate of population per decade

Geometrical increase method

Pn= Po[1+i/100]n

Where Pn= Population after nth decade P0 =Present population n = Number of decades i = Growth rate per decade

Incremental increase method

Pn=P0+ni+(n(n+1)/2 x r) Pn = Population after nth decade P0 = Present population n = Number of decades r = Average increase for two consecutive decades i=Growth rate per decade

Where

Environmental Education
Defn:

The method in which informs about the needs to protect the environment and the measures taken to protect it and also about the ill effects of over exploitation and abuse of the environment is called as Environmental Education

Value education
Learning

basic facts about humanity Improve value system that she/he holds and put to use. Global stage

HIV/AIDS
Caused

by human HIV Leaves humans susceptible to tumours, infections Transmitted through blood transfusion, contaminated needles, childbirth Global problem,33.2 million people in 2007

Scope of Environmental Education

1. 2. 3. 4.

It is studied for academic purpose only Imp. Programs by ministry are: Environmental education and training Formal environmental education Non-formal environmental education National green corps Environmental awareness UN decade for sustainable development(2005 to 2014)

Social security and Human rights

Each

person in India has the fundamental right given by the constitution of India to get social security. Every person of any religion, creed, caste, gender gets these fundamental rights. These are also known as Human Rights

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Fundamental rights include: Rights of life liberty and security of a person Right to own property Right to freedom of opinion and expression Right to have an adequate standard of living Right to education, freedom of thought, conscience and religion Right to freedom from torture and degrading treatment

Role of IT in Environment
Remote

sensing techniques Information about minerals, forest fires, endangered species, quality of water, etc. Weather forecasting Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Genome sequencing, DNA database, etc. Study of environmental changes