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Syllabus Prescribed
Unit 7: Human Population and the Environment
• Population growth, variation among nations
• Population explosion – Family Welfare Program
• Environment and human health
• Human Rights
• Value Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Women and Child Welfare
• Role of Information Technology in Environmental and
human health
• Case studies.
The issue of numbers!
We started 20th century with <2 billion people and ended it
with 6 billion and still counting
We may reach 8.9 billion by 2050 – virtually all increase in
the developing countries which are already densely
populated and straining to meet needs
In industrial countries population almost stopped growing –
have only 20% of world population but account for 2/3rd
world’s energy use and for creation of pressure on water,
forests, fisheries and other renewable resources
What will happen at 9 billion population with a greater
proportion striving to improve their standards of living and
catching up with the developed world
The issue of numbers!