Report Question 1
Environmental Conservation
The impact of humans on the environment differs among countries. Analyze the population change of one of
the countries in the list below and identify the environmental problems relating to this change.
In this report, you will need to analyze and explain the changes in the population structure in your chosen
country. Once you have given a comprehensive overview of these changes, state how these changes will
affect the environment within that country. This report should be five pages long single-spaced in 12-point font
(not including diagrams). It should be fully referenced and include a bibliography of the sources used for your
material. The textbook is a good starting point for your report however, it is not adequate as your only source of
research material. At least two other sources should be used and fully referenced.
Select one of the following countries to analyze for your report.
Argentina
Cambodia
New Zealand
Australia
Hungary
Belgium
France
Kazakhstan
Sri Lanka
Brazil
Libya
Zambia
Egypt
Ukraine
Collect research material relating to your country’s demography and its environmental problems.
Tasks 1.
Introduction to your chosen country. This should include but is not limited to:
The geography and location (climate topography water resources soils etc.) of your country
Its level of economic development (developed developing resources major industries)
Urbanization (major cities, movements)
Transportation
History (Brief)
Social Cultural implications
Political
Task 2
From the information collected produce a written analysis of the changes that have taken place in your
country’s population structure. Give reasons for these changes and try to predict possible future trends (look at
a past population rates, present and how they will change in the future use maybe a thirty-year span). In this
analysis areas which have to be included (but not limited to) are
Birth rates
Death rates
Natural increase rates
Patterns of migration (regional national international)
Age structure
Fertility rates
Infant mortality rates
Population density
Life expectancy