Refer to Table 1.3 in Ch. 1 of The Human Impact on the Natural Environment, which lists the five stages of global economic development.
Examine the population trends in the two most recent stages of economic development:
The Atlantic industrial era
The Pacific global era
Compare the environmental conditions between these two eras and with what occurred in the first three stages of global economic development.
Explain how the population trends in these eras led to urbanization.
Choose one of the world’s urban agglomerations listed in Table 1.7.
Identify three environmental effects cause by urbanization in this area.
Identify a specific animal population decline that resulted from urbanization in this area.