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HG Exam 2
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
04/09/2012

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Term
Census
Definition
a statistical term that is a count of EVERYTHINGG
Term
Limitations of the census
Definition
budget
incompadability
categories
census takes time to catch up to society
undercounts*
Term
crude density
Definition
total population divided by land area
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age sex pyramid
Definition
graphic representation of a population
Term
effects of the baby boom (early, middle, late)
Definition
early- more babies and more education
middle- lots of workers
late- lots of oldies
Term
crude birthrates
Definition
ratios of live birth rates per 1000 per year
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total fertility rate
Definition
average # of kids a woman has in her life.... 2.1 kids to replace dead
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4 factors that effect birth
Definition
1. Status of women 2. economy development 3. urbanization 4. overall population structure
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Crude death rate
Definition
ratio of deaths per 1000 people per year
Term
natural increase formula
Definition
Crudebirthrate-Crudedeathrate
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Infant mortality rate
Definition
deaths of infants under 1, compared to total live births.
Term
What in the hell is the demographic transition model?
Definition
generalized explanation of the change of population structure
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4 stages of Demographic transitional model
Definition
1. Preindustrial, high birth and mortality rates
2. transitional..death rate drop, high levels of population growth
3. transitional... birth rate catches up, rate of growth decreasing, birth and death rates drop
4. Industrial... low fert, birth, mort rates... population is stable but changes due to social and economic changes
Term
Migration
Definition
long distance move to a new location
Term
push factors
Definition
conditions or events in the home country that would push someone to move
Term
pull factors
Definition
forces of attraction that compel someone to move somewhere
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Temporary migration
Circulatory
Permanent
can be voluntary or chosen
Definition
move, stay, go back
Temporary repeated
Move and stay there
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Great migration of 1916 to 1930
Definition
African Americans moved north after WW1
Term
Malthus argues that the population and resource scarcity grows _______
Definition
Exponentially
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Natural law of population
Definition
pop growth is greater than power of earth to provide
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Ehrlich
Definition
the population bomb, large spread depleation of resources, said bad things would happen but they didnt
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D. Meadows
Definition
"The Limits to Growth" modeled how the current rate of resources grow, LARGE SPREAD DEPLEATION OF RESOURCES
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optimists (polyannas)
Definition
J Simon: Poopulation as resource- the more we have a dense population, the more ideas and technology!
human capital should be a good thing!
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Some old ideas: Population as a cause
Definition
Influence= (pop)*(affluence)*(technology)
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New ideas
Definition
population as an effect (rather than a cause).. Population term is now on left
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_____ relationship of women's education to growth
Definition
Inverse......... more educated women, slower growth rate
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Esther Boserup
Definition
pop goes up, not enough food
Term
2050, pop to go up.. increase food production by
Definition
2/3
Term
Karl Marx=
Definition
dialectial materialism.. trash as a resource!!
Term
Neo-Classical understanding
Definition
laws of supply and demand
stock vs flow resources
resource base- what we are given
Proven resources- already discovered and eco extractable
Term
cultural trait
Definition
single aspects of a single cultural group like food, music, architecture, language, etc
Term
Culture
Definition
shared set of meanings, lived through material and symbolic aspects of everyday life
Term
folk vs pop culture
Definition
(f) traditional (p) large groups changing, modern
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Tzotzil
Definition
Maryan culture that use cane alcohol in traditional practices (mix of popo and folk culture)
Term
Cultural landscape
Definition
elaborated by Carl Sauer, material outcome of a human interaction with nature.
Term
Vidal de la Blanche Genre de vie
Definition
culture as functional
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Environment has a ___ relationship with culture
Definition
complex, reciprocal
space, place and landscape shapes culture.. and vice versa
Term
cultural region
Definition
an area where cultural practices, beliefs, values are practiced by majority of inhabitants
Term
Cultural complex
Definition
cultural traits associated with a particular group.. subculture like hip hop
Term
Cultural system
Definition
broader than a complex; territory, language, religion, broad spread of religion
Term
Diaspora
Definition
spatial dispersion of a previously homo group.
Term
Syncretism
Definition
the melding together of disparate faiths or cultures..
Term
2 arguments about Globalization and culture
Definition
1. Culture becomes homogenized.
2. Culture still hetero (hybrid response)
Term
Reasons for sprawl
Definition
transportation technology
post ww2 baby boom
Term
Adam's model of transportation technology
Definition
Walking- Horsecar
Electric Streetcar
Recreational auto
Freeway
Term
Metroburbia
Definition
polycentric city.. employmenttt
Term
edge city
Definition
cluster of retail and office developments by a highway or train (Natl Hrbr)
Term
Reasons for edge city
Definition
Single family homes
Fragmentation in planning
Car reliance
Term
Urban sprawl effects?
Definition
Segregation
Environmental
Racial Disparities
Term
De Jure segregation
De facto?
Definition
segregation by law

after effects
Term
Suburban zoning limits affordable housing by
Definition
limits multi family use
large lots
large house set-backs
house size requirements
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Fragmentation
Definition
race and wealth disparity..
regions carved into many local govs
Pass regulations to keep out low income
territorial segregation and fiscal separation
Term
What is the jist of spatial segregation?
Definition
there is nothing natural or neutral- a result of planning
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Environmental probs that result from sprawl
Definition
sewage overflow
asphalt slime
toxic american lawn
Term
Urbanism
Definition
many suburb environment are not built to human scale
Term
5 things that show European Cities
Definition
1. Lower skylines
2. Lively downtowns
3. Neighborhood stability
4. Municipal socialism
5. social housing 20-40%
Term
How climate affects town
Definition
twisting, narrow streets for shade
Term
China has a lot of people moving to
Definition
smaller less known cities
Term
China has a lot of people moving to
Definition
smaller less known cities
Term
Region based urbanization describes
Definition
diffuse and shifting boundaries between urban and suburban
Term
large amounts of urbanization in
Definition
80s
Term
Rapid urbanization worldwide =
Definition
slums
Term
Slums
Definition
used to be something you did?
1.over-crowding
2. informal housing
3. inadequate access to safe water and sanitation
4. Insecurity of tenure
Term
In western countries, percentage of people living in the slums?
Definition
6%
Term
Informal economy.. like
Definition
yard sales, selling dope
Term
John Turner,
Definition
how slums created/ people moving to them.. have to balance
Cost
Tenure security
Quality of shelter
Journey to work
Services
Safety
Term
4 strategies
Definition
rent apartment in the city
then informal shelter
then squat on land
then buy house on informal development
Term
MetroCore
Definition
Formal.. tenements, public housing, hostels

Informal.. squatters and pavement dwellers
Term
Periphery
Definition
Formal... private rental and public housing

Informal.. private subdivisions, squaters, and refugee camps
Term
GDP
Definition
value of all products in 1 year
Term
GNP
Definition
gdp plus rents and income from outside the country
Term
PPP
Definition
purchase power parity... how much of goods and services can be purchased with local currency
Term
Probs with measures
Definition
environmental standards
informal sector
unequal disparities
quality of life
housework
distr of wealth
Term
Human Development index
Definition
alternative measure= life exectancy, education, income
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