Amna Rashed Mohamed Al Zaabi [DAF1302070]

Answer 1

A)

1- I disagree with this! The unstable population is a main factor in the destabilization of the
economy, and if we keep growing as we are, then the economy will finally topple over outright.
We have enough consumers, I believe, to keep the economy running long enough to stabilize it;
no more people are needed. If anything, we need a stable population over a stable economy,
because once we have the people stable, we can begin to re-stabilize the things that they are
interdependent with. (Harrenstein, 2012)

2- This statement says too many things to be wholly agreeable or disagreeable. I disagree
when they state that the "world will never run out of resources," because, as vast as the world
is, it is finite. It can and will be used up, if we continue like this. The rest of it is agreeable,
because we can use technology to find substitutes, and we can use this technology to help us
reduce resource waste. We just should not wait until we absolutely need to, because who
knows how long it will take to develop and perfect the substitute-finding technology? We could
put ourselves in horribly dire straits just by procrastinating on this. We should work to reduce
resource waste right now, so that there's resources left to save later on. (Harrenstein, 2012)

B)

This would probably help solve the problem of expansion into increasingly wild areas by
humans. If we stopped growing, we wouldn't need to expand further and force the world even
more out of balance. This would of course leave us with the current problem of world's
population. (Harrenstein, 2012)

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Answer 2

India has tried to limit their population but has been successful. Indians still believe that they
need several children for work and care, but they don't use birth control because it decreases
their chance of birthing a male. However, China has successfully cut their birth rate in half due
to a strongly enforced government program. Couples that only have one child, receive many
rewards from the government for that child. Reducing high birth rates leads to a slower
population growth. (Quizlet Inc, 2017)

China India

Later age for marriage- 25 for women, 28 for Reduce TFR to 2.0 and have a stable
men population by 2045

Couples having to apply for the right to start a Reduce IM from 50 to 30 per 1000 by 2010
family

A 5-10% salary bonus for limiting to one child To improve child health by vaccination
programmes against preventable diseases

A 10% salary reduction for having two children To increase the awareness and availability of
family planning and contraception.

Priority in housing, education and health care To target adolescents before marriageable age
for only children

No extra space allocation for second or third To promote the delay of marriageable age to
child at least 18

Higher pensions on retirement for limiting to To educate the population to believe that a
one child typical Indian family is smaller``

Retirement benefits for smaller families

Availability of maternity leave for only the first

two children in a family. (Marked by
Teachers, 2017)

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