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Douglas College Summer 2020
Geography 1100: Introduction to Human Geography Population Assignment
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Population Assignment
Due via Blackboard by midnight on Sunday, July 19th
The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect global population growth projections and to combat the common misunderstandings about population impacts on the environment, food supplies, poverty, and other local and global crises. While concern about global “overpopulation” is widespread, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that factors like consumption, industrial pollution, hunger, or poverty are not driven by simply by population size. In addition to the textbook, you will be drawing from printed and online sources.
Instructions
Read the following section from the textbook:
• Chapter 3: “Population Debates and Policies” (pp. 101-105)
Read the following articles posted on Blackboard (see attached):
• Baird, Vanessa (2010, January/February). The Population Panic. The New Internationalist, (429), pp 5-8.
• Baird, Vanessa (2010, January/February). The Missing Pieces. The New Internationalist, (429), pp. 19-20.
Read the following online articles:
• Rane, Zulie (2019). Here’s Why Overpopulation is Just a Myth. Medium. https://medium.com/@zulie_rane/overpopulation-is-just-a-myth-used-by-people-who-dont-care-about-science-7f5c0bd53d46
• Kolitz, Daniel (2019). Is the World Really Overpopulated (excerpts from academic experts). Gizmodo. https://earther.gizmodo.com/is-the-world-really-overpopulated-1834854464.
• Eberstadt, Nicholas (2019, November 11). Five Myths about Population The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-worlds-population/2011/10/26/gIQArjSWmM_story.html
Watch the following documentary:
• Gapminder Foundation. (2013). Don’t Panic: Hans Rosling Showing the Facts about Population [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACK2knC08E&t=1s.
Next, write an essay in which you discuss the pessimistic neo-Malthusian viewpoint on population as a driving factor of global crises compared to the neutral standpoint that illustrates how population is not a key driver of global crises. Use the guiding questions below to focus your discussion while providing a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. While you may use brief quotes from the sources, the majority of your answers should be in your own words. In other words, I want you to explain your own understanding of the ideas, not simply quote the sources. You may choose to focus on some topics more than others but are expected to address all the questions and draw from (and cite) all the above sources.
As many of the issues overlap, do NOT simply answer the questions one-by-one or as a bulleted list and do NOT summarize each source one-by-one. Instead, use the questions to guide your written analysis of key issues and organize your discussion into a single, cohesive essay. A strong introductory paragraph that outlines our main points can help you keep your paper focused and guide the reader through the whole argument. Be specific and explicit in your responses: someone with no prior knowledge of this topic should be able to read what you’ve written and gain a reasonable understanding of the issues being discussed. This means you need to explain key terms in your discussion.
Guiding Questions
• Explain overall global trends in population growth. Is the world’s population growing at an increasing rate or a decreasing rate? Which areas of the world have slowed down or are shrinking, and which areas of the world are still growing and why?
• Why is the global population growing despite collapsing fertility rates around the world?
• How do the assigned sources define overpopulation? Are some places in the world more overpopulated than others? Which and why? Is the world currently overpopulated?
• Malthus argued that population growth was the single most threat to human existence, but his predictions have been proven wrong. How were conditions affecting food supply and population at his time of writing different from conditions today?
• Based on the assigned sources, what are the limitations of the neo-Malthusian IPAT equation (Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology) discussed in Chapter 4 of your textbook?
• On one hand, neo-Malthusians (or pessimists) argue that population growth is bad for the environment, economy, and more. They push for stringent population control policies. On the other hand, the Cornucopians
Douglas College Summer 2020
Geography 1100: Introduction to Human Geography Population Assignment
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(or optimists) celebrate growth and argue that more people mean more creativity, ideas, solutions, workers, and more. A more neutral view is that population size and growth are not the driving forces behind pollution, poverty, hunger, or even housing affordability. Discuss this neutral standpoint (i.e. neither pessimistic nor optimistic about population size and growth).
Requirements
• Your entire response should be typed, have a length of approximately 900-1200 words (not including your works cited list), in 10- or 12-point font, and be double-spaced. Include a word count at the end of your discussion. Do NOT include a title page. Instead, include a title at the top of your discussion.
• Do NOT include your name on your assignment. Instead, include your student number and course section (GEOG 1100-090 or GEOG 1100-001) at the top of the first page.
• You must cite all your sources correctly (preferably using APA style), both in your text and in a works cited list (bibliography) at the end of your discussion. See below for tips on citing sources.
• This is an individual assignment. Do NOT copy the work of other students or other sources and do NOT use an online paraphrasing tool. Plagiarism will result in you receiving a zero on the assignment and will be reported to the College. Students caught plagiarizing will not be given the chance to rewrite the assignment.
Citing Sources
Both paraphrased and quoted material should be cited, preferably using APA style. This means you need to include in-text citations as well as full bibliographic entries in a works cited list at the end of your discussion.
Examples of in-text citations:
• Knox, Marston, and Imort (2015) argue out that “the Internet is effectively reorganizing space” (pp. 66).
• The Internet has led to a reconfiguration of relationships between different places (Knox et al., 2015).
Example of works cited entry:
• Knox, P., Marston, S., and M. Imort. (2015). Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, Fifth Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Canada.
If you are unsure about how to cite material, please talk to me and/or have a look at the library’s extensive website at https://library.douglascollege.ca/guides/cite-sources/apa.
Checklist
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I followed the guidelines and did NOT include my name on this assignment.
I provided my student number.
I followed the guidelines and did NOT include a title page.
I included my GEOG course number and section on the first page.
This paper has a clear title.
This paper has a useful introduction that outlines my main points.
This paper clearly addresses all the guiding questions.
This paper provides clear definitions of key terms, in my own words.
This paper draws from and cites all the sources assigned for this topic.
This paper draws from concepts from the textbook and/or video lectures.
This paper has a clear conclusion or summary, even if short.
This paper provides in-text citations and a works cited list that includes all sources used for my paper.
This paper is within the minimum and maximum word count.
This paper includes the word count (not including the title, works cited list, etc.) at the end.
This paper relies mainly on my own words rather than multiple, lengthy quotes.
This paper uses a standard citation method consistently (APA preferred).
This paper moves beyond summarizing what the authors have said and provides my own analysis.
This paper synthesizes key points from the different sources into a cohesive discussion.
This paper has been edited for spelling and grammar.
This paper has been edited for to include clear, concise language.
This paper has been edited for organization so that it flows from start to end.
I worked independently and did not copy from another student or source.
I followed the guidelines by NOT using an online paraphrasing tool.