Environmental demands of human populations
3.8.1 - Explain the concept of an ecological footprint as a model for assessing the demands that human populations make on their environment.
3.8.2 - Calculate from appropriate data the ecological footprint of a given population, stating the approximations and assumptions involved.
3.8.3 - Describe and explain the differences between the ecological footprints of two human populations, one from an LEDC and one from an MEDC.
3.8.4 - Discuss how national and international development policies and cultural influences can affect human population dynamics and growth.
3.8.5 - Describe and explain the relationship between population, resource consumption and technological development, and their influence on carrying capacity and material economic growth.
3.8.2 - Calculate from appropriate data the ecological footprint of a given population, stating the approximations and assumptions involved.
3.8.3 - Describe and explain the differences between the ecological footprints of two human populations, one from an LEDC and one from an MEDC.
3.8.4 - Discuss how national and international development policies and cultural influences can affect human population dynamics and growth.
3.8.5 - Describe and explain the relationship between population, resource consumption and technological development, and their influence on carrying capacity and material economic growth.