Ch 6 Critical Thinking
Ch 6 Critical Thinking
1. Do you think that the problems resulting from China’s one-child policy (Core Case Study) outweigh the problems of overpopulation that likely would have resulted without some sort of population growth regulation? Can you think of other ways in which China could try to regulate its population growth? Explain.
2. If you could greet a new person every second without taking a break, how many people could you greet in one day? How many in a year? How many in a lifetime of 80 years? How long would you have to live to greet (a) all 6.9 billion people on earth at a rate of one every second working around the clock and (b) the 83 million people added to the world’s population this year?
3. Which of the three major environmental worldviews summarized on pp. 24-25 do you believe underlie the two major positions on whether the world is overpopulated (Science Focus, p. 128)?
4. Identify a major local, national, or global environmental problem, and describe the role population growth plays in this problem.
5. Is it rational for a poor couple in a developing country such as India to have four or five children? Explain.
6. Do you believe that the population is too high in: (a) China (Core Case Study), (b) the world (c) your own country, and (d) the area where you live? Explain.
7. Should everyone have the right to have as many children as they want? Explain. Is your belief on this issue consistent with your environmental worldview?
8. Some people believe the most important environmental goal is to sharply reduce the rate of population growth in less-developed countries, where at least 92 % of the world’s population growth is expected to occur. Others argue that the most serious environmental problems stem from high levels of resource consumption per person in more-developed countries, which use 88% of the world’s resources and have much larger ecological footprints per person than the less-developed countries do. What is your view on this issue? Explain.
9. Congratulations! You are in charge of the world. Write a summary of your population policy. In the summary, consider the following: will you enact a program to regulate population growth? In not, explain your reasoning. If so, describe the program and how you will enact and fund it.
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