Population and Environmental Change

At the end of this course students will be able to: 1. explain the concepts of Population and Environmental Change; 2. describe the components of the environment and their interactions with one another; 3. explain the concepts of population trends and distribution patters with examples; 4. explain the links between environmental impact of human behaviour and earth sustenance; and 5. mention factors that affect the ability of the earth to sustain human populations.

The concepts of Population and Environmental Change. Components of the environment, the interaction among components, types of ecosystem, ecosystem and habitats; population and environmental change. Population growth, distribution patterns, population trend and environment. Earth sustenance: Factors affecting the ability of the earth to sustain human population, Links between environmental impact of behaviour of the population and earth sustenance, earth’s area of bio-productive land as a finite resource and processes for its increase or destruction.