Module Code Y181 TMA02 Task 1 question 1 a. According to Table 2, there are more species of animals than plants that are endangered. b. Crustaceans have the least number of threatened species. c. Flowering plants have the greatest number of threatened species of the plant groups. d. The number of species with recovery plans may be higher than the actual number of recovery plans as some plans may cover more than one species e. If all the recovery plans were wholly successful, there would still be some risk to all the species, as the threat to biodiversity from human population growth and the resulting environmental changes will still be present.
English emigrated to America due to high population, high unemployment and the promise of a better life which America was offering. Thomas Malthius published his essay “the principles of population” in 1798. In this he claims that Britain’s population was growing at a faster rate than the food supply, this causing panic and encouraging the government to conduct a census in 1801. The result was 10.501.000, Britons population was estimated to have doubled in fifty years since 1750. This population problem coupled with new agricultural developments such as enclosure acts, which doubled crop production using fewer workers meant that there were many agricultural workers who were jobless.
In 2006, one in five women aged 45 were childless – double that of twenty years previously. Since women are choosing to not have children – the birth rate and there fore family size has fallen since 1900. Another factor is the decline in the infant mortality rate – the number of infants who die before their first birthday per 1000 babies born alive per year. Many sociologists argue that a fall in IMR leads to a fall in birth rate because if many infants die, parents have more children to replace those they have lost and thus increasing the birth rate. This is proven since in 1900 the IMR in the UK was 154 and by 2007 it had sharply declined to 5, owing to many factors including improved housing and better sanitation.
Many different factors helped people prosper, but there were also many challenges that people faced and failed. In 1750, life expectancy averaged between 28 to 33 years. However, these numbers began to increase during the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century saw life expectancy reach as high as 39.9 years for males and 43.5 in females. England, Wales, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden saw higher increases in life expectancy that ranged anywhere from 35.1 years to 39.9 years old in men, and 35.4 to 43.5 years old in women.
Between the mid 1950s and the 1970s the number of prisoner in England and Wales had doubled, then between the 1970s and the 1990s the number had increased by an additional 20000. This result confused many as the official crime rate was said to have decreased. Garland in the book the culture of control argued that the increased number of those imprisoned was due to the culture of control which was the governments response to social insecurities and the governments want to improve public opinion. (Garside (2010)) The Green paper breaking the cycle was released in 2010 proposing a series of policies which had a main focus being on the concept of restorative justice as opposed to past policies which purely focused on punishing the offender rather than treating them, which were influenced by the pubic iconicisation of victims which meant a higher fear of crimes heightened by
Wages rose how ever there were too few goods on which to spend money. Also the creation of collective farms essentially destroyed kulaks as a class and this disruption led to a famine. I think that over all the first five year plan was not a success in strengthening the soviet economy because a lot of the targets set were not achieved for example the production of coal were 35.4; oil was 11.7 and steel 4 million tonnes. The actual target of these was double the amount produced. I think it was successful in the sense it increased urbanisation, several gains were obtained in heavy industry and wages rose.
• Fisher-Price’s product line has received strong acceptance; 82.7% of customers buy Fisher-Price brand preschool toys, and 60.5% buy just one brand most often. • 66% of Fisher-Price’s sales are from items priced $5 and up. • Fisher-Price has had previous success with higher priced items (Creative Coaster: $6.95 retail, Family Farm: $13 retail, and Play House:$14 retail). Weaknesses: • Initial costs of the ATV Explorer toy are to be considerably higher than expected (primarily due to the additional investment in the mold and special tooling costs increasing). • It is believed by some that a moon-themed toy may be outdated.
The immigrations that are expected to increase are the Asians and the Hispanics. Whites are approximately 69 percent of the population but by the year 2050 the population will be down to approximately 50 percent this is due to low births and the immigration. The Asian population is expected to grow triple then what it is now, which will be approximately 33 million Asian Americans. The Hispanic population is expected to increase their population to approximately 102 million Hispanic Americans by the year 2050 ( Cosgrove-Mathers, 2004). The only way that this country can best prepare for the changing race and ethnicity of the current and future citizens is to get past color.
Furthermore, the non-Hispanic Whites population will slightly decline even with the burgeoning elderly population because of healthier lifestyles and improved health care services available. Hispanics are expected to increase by 188% and account for nearly one-quarter of the nation's population although, The United States Census Bureau believes many Hispanics born in America claim Whites on census surveys. Asians, however, are expected to triple to over 33 million by 2050. Historically, America has been a "Black and Whites" country with Blacks accounting for nearly 13% of the current population. By 2050, the Black population will increase roughly 15%, making them the second largest minority group in America.
Trading and marketing flourished, while small enterprises became large ones. Overall, things were getting bigger and better, and since they were improving, there came a population boom that lasted into the 1600s. Then, disasters struck. Famines, droughts, epidemics, and other disasters led to a period of a dramatic decline (‘black economy’) in population and commerce and industry. At the same time, their government was expanding rapidly, leading to more drain on the economy and expansions people couldn’t pay.