Causes of rapid population growth

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Lesson 30: Human population and environment

Causes of rapid population growth

  • Increase in food production and distribution.
  • Improvement in public health
  • Medical technology, along with gains in education and increase in standards of living within many developing nations.
  • People were able to fight and cure deadly germs that once killed them. In addition, because of the technology people could produce more & different kinds of food gradually over a period of time these discoveries and inventions spread throughout the world lowering death rates and improving the quality of life for most people.
  • Increase in food production and distribution.
  • Improvement in public health which lead to increased fertility rate and birth rate, decreased mortality and morbidity rates.
  • Medical technology, along with gains in education and increase in standards of living.
  • People were able to fight dreadful germs that once killed them. In addition because of the technology people could produce more and different kinds of foods gradually over a period of time these discoveries and inventions spread throughout the world lowering death rates and improving the quality of most people.

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