Case Study : Maldives Last Resort

Instead, many people just owned small gardens near their homes where they could plant and grow crops. This led to a weak economy because they ended up not having a lot of food leftover for trade.

2. What will be the future population growth trends for developing countries in the future?

Assess the significance of three factors which might limit economic development in the developing countries.

Agriculture is arguably the main focus of discussion when considering the geographical cause of low economic development. The different climate and soil conditions in tropical ecological zones (Gallup et al., 2003, p.32), mean there is less

And with the earth warming up the ice caps melt this can lead to flooding which means less land. Less land means fewer animals and places to grow crops. This means less food for us and over all has a domino affect.

overproduction. People in America thought there was so much land that they did not worry

Detailed analysis of the past profile of population growth is needed to answer this question. However, because of the rapid rate of population growth, ministry needs to change policies and set new plans to address housing, transportation and environmental problems.

For centuries the world has depended upon the land as their number one resource. The threat of not being able to cultivate that land could trigger a chain of catastrophic events that would reach far beyond

2. Injustices in the current global system of agriculture, dominated by a handful of giant multinational corporations.

The worlds biomes at the moment are unable to feed the growing global population in the future. They might be able to feed the population now but as the population grows we need to increase the worlds agriculture to provide enough food to feed the growing population. In order to feed the growing population, the world needs to put into action some simple steps to increase food production and to reduce wastage from existing food.

Similar to the reasons for world hunger, there are misleading solutions. The increase in local production of the exported goods is not a solution because the profits continue to flow into the pockets of the corporations. The green revolution is not a solution either. The problem being the farmers cannot afford the seeds, fertilizers and pesticides needed to grow the

a. Agriculture (irrigation) and breeding of animals = surplus food (goats, peig, cattle, sheep). Wheat, barley, rice, and maize.(Sci&Tech- polish stone tools. Ex: stone sickles)

The fourth reason for why we may run out of food by 2050 is due to Salinity. Salinity is the main reason as to why lesser crops are being grown. Salinity is caused by trees being cleared. When the trees are in the ground, their long roots keep the salt water further below the surface of the earth. When they are cleared the salt water rises to the top. This salt water kills crops causing production to slow as the farmers then have to find a new place to produce their crops. This problem can be fixed slowly by both not clearing trees from the land and planting more trees to push the salt water down further.

Environmental Issues: Increased population has led to the clearing of land for farming and the farming of marginal soils in rural areas, as well as to uncontrolled development in the fringes of urban areas. All of these factors contribute to deforestation and consequently to soil erosion.

As the population grows, cities are constructed along rivers and other waterways, and the sources are modified to meet urban needs rather than ecological. More and more food needs to be grown to nourish people. Now, land is degrading and sea levels are rising, making growing impossible in many former farming areas. Because of this, "... 800 million people are chronically malnourished, and 2 billion lack food security" (Dahl, 603). Because agriculture for the masses depends heavily on irrigation, it puts additional strain on the globe's water tables (Dahl, 602). Not to mention that current water sources are being polluted by sewer discharge and industrial waste. Deforestation is another issue. Forests and other natural vegetation help protect against flooding and soil erosion. In the 1990s, 563,709 square miles of land were cleared of forests (Dahl, 602). Without these forests, global warming has been accelerated as more carbon is released into the atmosphere, rather than being consumed as fuel by plants and released as oxygen. For example, in India and Sri Lanka, a tsunami, unhindered by the mangroves that used to grow there, destroyed