Global Demography Flashcards
Is the scientific study of human
populations primarily with respect
to their size, their structure and
their development; it takes into
account the quantitative aspects
of their general characteristics.
Demography
She defines Demography as the study of growth, structure and composition of human population changes in the size of population and the divisions that characterize its composition
Barbara Anderson (2015)
GIVE THE FIVE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL
FERTILITY TRANSITION
- Changing work patterns
- Prosperity
- Better Health and Nutrition
- Greater survival rates of newborns
- Better access to education specifically for women
They defined migration as movement of person or persons from one place to another, involving a permanent move of home over a year
United Nation
“The ubiquitous process of movement of
individual or group of peple from one spatial
unit or place of residence to another defined
by any commonly agreed geographical,
political or administrative boundary in space
and time”
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Brig Sinha (2005)
He noted that migration is “The physical transition of an individual or group from one society to another.”
Shmuel Einsenstadt
2 types of migration
local/domestic and international
the change of residence
over the national boundaries
international migration
Also known as
internal, refers to the change of residence
within the national boundaries.
local/domestic
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS ARE
FURTHER CLASSIFIED :
Legal Immigrants, Illegal immigrants and refugees
are those who moved
with without legal permission
illegal immigrants
are those who moved with
legal permission of the reciever nation
legal immigrants
are those who crossed an international boundaries for safety to escape persecution
refugees
An organization that identified
a number of favorable and unfavorable
factors that induce people to leave their
countries and settled in other distant
territories
The World Economic Forum (2017)
OTHER FACTORS OF MIGRATION
THAT CAN BE CLASSIFIES AS TO
PUSH OR PULL is ______ which refers to climate,
abundance of crops and availability of natural
resources
ecological factor