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Chapter 3
Geographies of population
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Geography
12th Grade
11/13/2011

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Age-sex pyramid
Definition

a representation of the population based on its composiition according to age and sex. Horizontal bar graph.Can make applications for it such as resources, jobs, health, wealth,

 

mexico[image]

 

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Agricultural density
Definition
# of farmers per unit of arable land
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Arithmetic (Crude) density
Definition
total# of ppl divided by total land area
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Baby boom generation
Definition
lots of births. Population of individuals born betweeen the years 1946-1964.
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 Census
Definition

count of # of ppl in a country, region or city

  • income, marital status
  • every 10 yrs- expensive
  • incompatibly of enumerating dates
  • comparisons difficult btwn countries
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Cohort
Definition

group of individuals that share a common temporal demographic experience.

may be defined as time of marriage or time of graduation

 

 

YOUTH <15

Midddle15-64

Old-Age >65

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Crude birth rate (CBR)

Definition

# of live births per 1000 ppl per year

increase in  periphery   decrease in core

 

factors that affect it:

  • available birth control
  • politics
  • diet
  • health
  • social customs
  • economy
  • women education
  • religion
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Crude death rate (CDR)
Definition

#of deaths per 1000 ppl each year.

 

factors that affect:

  • Healthcare
  • social class
  • occupation
  • place of residence
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Crude density
Definition
see arithmetic density
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Demographic Transition
Definition

Replacement of high birth and death rates by low birth and death rates.

 

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Demography
Definition
the study of human populations
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Dependency ratio
Definition
measure of the economic impact of the young and old on the more economically productive member of the pop.
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Doubling time
Definition
,easure of the amount of time it takes for a pop to double.
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Eco-migration
Definition
pop. mvmt caused by the degradation of land and essential natural resources.
Term
emigration
Definition
a move form a particular location
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forced migration
Definition
mvmt. against the will of the individual
Term
geodemographic analysis
Definition
the process of assessing the location and composition of particular populations.
Term
Gross migration
Definition
the total # of migrants moving into and out of a place, region, or country
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guest workers
Definition
indviduals who migrate temporarily to take up jobs in other countries
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Immigration
Definition
a move to another location
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Infant mortality rate
Definition
IMR: # of infant deaths per 1000 live births. Before 1st b-day
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Internally displaced persons(IDPs)
Definition
intranational refugees that abandon their homes but reamin in their country to escape persecution
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Internal migration
Definition
a move within a particular country or region
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International migration
Definition
a move from one country to another
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Life expectancy
Definition
average # of yrs to be lived by a person
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Medical geography
Definition
a subarea that specializes in understaning the spatial aspects of health and illness
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Middle cohort
Definition
members of the pop. 15-64 yrs of age who are considered economically active and productive
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Migration
Definition
the process of permanently moving from your home region and crossing an adminstrative boundary such as bywn counties, states or countries
Term
Mobility
Definition
the ability to move, either permanantly or temporarily
Term
Natural DECREASE
Definition
births<deaths
Term
Natural increase
Definition
births>deaths
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net migration
Definition
 the gain or loss in the total pop. of a paticular area as a result of migration
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Nutritional density
Definition

physiological density

 the total # of ppl per unit of arable land, pop. divided ny the # of square miles of farmland in a region

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old-age cohort
Definition
members of the pop. 65 yrs of ageand older who are considered beyond their economically active and productive
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Population policy
Definition
an offical gov. poicy designed to affect any and all of several  objectives, including the size, composition, and distribution of pop.
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Pull factors
Definition

positive influences that pull a person towards a particular place

affordable real estate

good schools

cheeaper prices

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Push factors
Definition

negative influences that make a person want to move away, such as

high crime rates

abusive government

persecution

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Refugees
Definition
migrants fleeing some form of persecution or abuse
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Suburbanization
Definition
the growth of pop. along the fringes of large metropolitan areas
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Total fertility rate (TFR)
Definition
predicted # of births a woman will have as she passes through he fecund years
Term
Transnational migrant
Definition
migrants who set u homes and/or  work in more than one nation-state
Term
Vital records
Definition
Info. abouth births, deaths. marriages, divorces and incidence of infectius diseases
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Voluntary migration
Definition
mvmt is based on the individual's choice
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Youth Cohort
Definition
members of the pop. less than 15 yrs of age and are generall too young to be fully active in the labor force
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