Theory question 101
Population(a) Account for the rapid growth of world population in the last two decades
(b) Explain any three problems arising from this rapid growth
(c) Suggest solutions to these problems
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(a) Falling death rates from better medicine, vaccination and sanitation; lower infant mortality; better food supply (green revolution, mechanisation); continued high birth rates in developing countries (early marriage, large families, little birth control); longer life expectancy; peace and better living standards
(b) Food shortage and malnutrition; unemployment; housing shortage and slums; pressure on schools, health and water; environmental degradation; congestion and crime
(c) Family planning and education; increased food production; job creation and industrialisation; housing schemes; more social amenities; rural development to reduce migration
Match each solution in (c) to a problem in (b).