Thursday, November 23, 2006

Bulgarian Population Crisis

There is an excellent article on the BBC website today which would provide you with another good case study for the Population Unit.

Already a small nation, Bulgaria is likely to lose one third of its population in just a few decades. The question is why? Read the article and try to list as many reasons as you can for this imminent population crisis.


The article is conveniently divided into three sections relating to a)migration b) the rural economy and c) the birth rate . Use these as sub headings for your notes and explain how each is linked to population decline.

Having explained the underlying reasons for the population crisis, what are the associated social and economic problems ?