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The term ___ has its origins in research on cities carried out during the 1980s, which examined the common characteristics of the world’s most important cities
global city
True or False
Sassen’s concept of the global city
Emphasis on the flow of information and capital
Cities are major nodes in the interconnected systems of information and money
Wealth that flows facilitates financial institutions, consulting firms, accounting firms, law firms, and media organizations
True
The study of a population based on factors such as age, sex, race
Demography
Greek word “demos” meaning “population” and “graphia” meaning “writing”, so it means “______”
writing about population
Give the 3 factors studied in demography
Age, Sex and Race
3 types of communities studied in demography
___ communities
___ districts of urban/rural communities
___, educated and professional families
Rural
Poorer
Urbanized
Demography determines economic and ____.
social policies
True or False
Characteristics of Global Cities
Economic powerhouse, dominant in finance, trade, manufacturing, or business services
Population size of 3 million or more
Storehouse of smart, educated, creative people
Strong economy that pays for cultural institutions like museums, universities, symphonies, and theaters
Magnets for tourists
Air and digital connectivity to the rest of the world
High quality of life with good public transit, environment, safety, healthcare, and local government.
True
International ___-
191 million people live in countries other than their own
The United Nations projects that over 2.2 million will move from the developing countries to the 1st world countries
Migration
Stages of life
Pre-reproductive
Reproductive
Post repr
Fertility rate
Total number of children borne by a woman at a point of time during her child bearing age (15-45 yrs old)
True
Age dependency ratio
The ratio of dependent people ( __ yrs old and below - __ and above) to working age.
15 yrs old below and 65 above
Demographic factors
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*
*
*
*
Birth Rate
Life expectancy @ birth
Fertility rate
Mortality rate
Age dependency ratio
Urban population have grown but not necessarily because families having more. It is rather the combination of ___
international migration
___ million people live in countries other than their own
191
A graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population. Also called as “’ Age-sex Pyramid”
Population Pyramid
Three General Kinds of Population Pyramids
Stationary
Expansive
Constrictive
Expansive Pyramid
A steady upward narrowing shows that more people die at each ____
Indicates that a population in which there is a: High birth rate, High death rate, short life expectancy
This is the pattern of an economically developing country
higher age band
Constrictive Pyramid
Shows the lower numbers or percentage of ___ people
The country will have a graying population which means that people are generally older
It represents low fertility, low mortality, high life expectancy ad aging of population
Associated with advanced countries which have a high level of literacy, east access to birth control measures, and very good health and medical facilities
younger
Stationary Pyramid
Shows the unchanging pattern of ____ and _____.
Indicates the slow population growth or stable population
Displays somewhat equal share of juvenile and adult age groups
fertility and mortality
Global Migration causes
To work, study, safety andd become a resident.
Countries that are part of Global City
Tokyo, Japan
New York, USA
London, UK
Paris, France
Global Demography
Came from the word “Demos” meaning “___”
Population
“Populati” means “Writing”
Graphia Population
_____ is the study of a population based on such factors as: Age, Sex, Race, Rural Communities, Poorer districts of urban/rural communities, Urbanized, educated and professional families
Demography
