Reading to be done before Class: CES pp. 137-145
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: Be familiar with the history of population growth in China, impacts of growth, population control, human rights issues, future world population trends

Population, Pizza, and McNuggets

Population Density

History of Population in China

• Early Population Growth
• Resource Expansion
• Population in the late 20th Century
• The Great Leap Forward
• One Child Policy
  • The Policy in the Cities vs Rural Areas
  • Enforcement Problems and Results

Can China Sustain its Population?

Urbanization