Lesson 10.5 Population Management || Class 9 Social Notes

 

Population Management

A. Give a very brief answer

1. What is population management?
→ Controlling the growth rate of the population according to the means and resources available in the country and keeping the population and population density within certain limits is called 'population management'.

2. What is included in population management?
→ Effective distribution of population growth control services and proper allocation of infrastructure also falls under population management.

B. Give the correct answer:

1. Discuss the measures of population management?
= * Birth
→ Birth interval refers to the period between the birth of two children, for the good health of the child and the mother.
* Marriage at an appropriate age
- According to Nepal's marriage law, the age for marriage for men and women is 18 years with the consent of parents and 20 years without the consent of parents or guardians.
* Women's education and empowerment
- Education plays an important role in women's empowerment. Educated women are not employed and they are aware of how many children they will have and when.
* Gender equality
→ Gender equality means no discrimination between men and women. Rapid population growth can be controlled if sexual equality can be maintained by giving equal importance to sons and daughters. This helps in population management.
* Health care expansion
→ Expansion of health services is an essential part of population management. It reduces mortality. If the child mortality rate is low, people will not have more children because the chance of the child they give birth to dying is low. This movement controls population growth and makes population management easier
* Use of family planning tools
- If you use the various swabatskis of family planning properly, you can have a baby at any time you want, as well as maintain birth spacing.

2. What are the problems caused by population growth?
→ i. Destruction of forests and other natural resources and resources
ii. Water, air and noise pollution Possibility of natural disasters
iii. Star of Culture and Cultural Heritage
iv. The possibility of unemployment
v. Lack of services like education, health

3. Write briefly about the role you can play in population management.
→ Population management is the process of balancing the population with the available resources and resources. Population management is considered only in connection with the size, distribution, structure, and growth control of the population. In this process, the birth rate, death rate, migration, balanced population etc. For quality living, education, health, safety, employment, entertainment, rights should be ensured along with the basic needs. The facilities of Bataghata should be assisted in population management by urbanization, modernization, etc. In order to control the growth rate in the population management process, population management should be carried out by being associated with the distribution of the population, structure of migration, conditions and other development activities.