Pls give the details answers of each quetion in the following study guide thank
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Pls give the details answers of each quetion in the following study guide thank you
35. The examples of a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type situation given in class. The reasons why each of the three examples (one fisheries based, one maritime but caused by terrestrial activity, one very much human) are examples of the tragedy of the commons
36. The solution that Hardin offered to solve the ‘tragedy of the commons’. The implications of this for the ownership of land.
37. The name of the Nobel prize winning economist who argued against the Tragedy of the Commons thesis. The basis of her argument (see point 29).
38. Know the demographic transition model well. Especially the birthrate and death rate, the balance between them, and how this changes as societies pass through varying levels of economic development. What does Hans Rosling identify as a critical indicator in explaining falling population growth rates.
39. The assumptions that are present in Malthusian thinking about how people are affected by natural laws of population growth and fall.
40. Study the population pyramids for Ghana and Kenya. Understand what the changing shape of the pyramid over time indicates, in terms of changing population growth rates.
41. The relationship between poverty, education level, and rural/urban location, and the number of children had by women.
42. The fertility rate in Africa in the middle of the 20th century, the present day, and the predictions for the end of the 21st century
Explanation / Answer
35. the tragedy of the commons is a term used in social science to describe a situation in a shared resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self interest bahave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.
36. Garret hardin proposed two ways to avoid the tragedy:
- assign ownership of the resource system to the state
- divide the resource system into parcels.
37.