What kind of impact does population have on the environment?

Question

How do birth, death, fertility, and migration rates affect population size? What factors can affect these rates?

Answer 1

Access to food, water supplies, level of sanitation, availability of medical facilities
Eg. Poor access to the above --> High death rate

Mindset, socio-economic trends
Eg. Women getting better education, enter the workforce, delay marriage and childbirth --> Low birth rate and fertility rate

Rural people seeking for job opportunities, perceived notion that citylife is better, appeal of bright lights --> Migration to the cities

Answer 2

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