Today in Human Geography, we talked about China and how they are letting up on the "one child per couple" law, which is good, because like Japan, their population is decreasing and there is starting to be more older people than younger ones. We also tried finishing up the NOVA video, but we didn't have enough time. Anyways, in the video we went to Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-saharan means from or forming part of the African regions south of the Sahara desert.The population in this place in 1950 was 1/3 the population of Europe, and by 2050 the population is expected to be 1/3 more than Europe. Every single nation in this area has a bad economy/standard of living. Here are some effects on sub-saharan Africa (and other countries/nations) because of the economy, population and other factors:
- falling per capita incomes
- conflicts
- pressure on immigrants
Also, just to add on in Africa, forests are disappearing, natural environments are declining. The video also talked about death rates and birth rates. Because of modernization, death rates are going down and birth rates are staying the same. Another sad fact of sub-saharan Africa is that 6-9% of the population has HIV or AIDS. That's a lot.
Now this doesn't go to say that all of Africa is poor, South Africa and other places are modernized, they have cities, towns, and healthy people. But a majority of the population is suffering, and I wish we could do something to help that.
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