ENV 315 Wk 4 – Population, Urbanization, and Animal Decline

Prepare a 13- to 18 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation examining how population trends lead to urbanization and animal decline.

Suggested Presentation and Slide Format:

Best practice involves:

• The entire presentation should include slides of the same or similar format and construction.
• Each slide should have a title
• Include a summary text or bullets and visual content (that is cited as a reference as appropriate).
• Slides should not be all visual content that is copied and pasted from a reference
• Slides should not include lengthy text sentences or whole paragraphs
• Each slide needs speaker notes.

Required Content Needs to Include:

• Cover slide with the name of each team member who contributed to the assignment
• Introduction – this should be a standalone slide that introduces the audience to the entire presentation
• 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.
• Conclusion – this should be a standalone slide that summarizes the content and includes an overarching takeaway message or call to action for the audience
• Reference slide(s) in APA format citing at least three references

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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