Lecture 4 Flashcards
(16 cards)
demography
the study of the characteristics of human populations
must study _____ to understand the distribution of people
populations
what is a census
a count of the number of people in a country, region or city
* can also gather info about residence/marital status/ occupation
what is the most improtant instrument for assessing the state of a population?
a census
what are vital records
report births, deaths, marriages, divorces and certain infectious diseases
3 factors that shape population distribution
natural factors:
- soil fertility/ climate/ water availability/ natural resources
political + economic experiences:
- historic reasons for dense populations / control of lands
culture:
- religion, tradition, history experiences shape pops
most populated continent / most dense
most # - asia
most dense for small amount of land - europe
all the worlds inhabitants live on ___ of the land & majority live near what
10% and majority live near shores of oceans & seas / rivers
____% live north of the equator where largest proportion of total land area is ___%
90%
63%
what is density
numerical measure of the relationship between the number of people & another unit of interest expressed as a ratio
what is most common density type and describe
crude/arithmetic density
= total number of people divided by the total land area
what city has a high crude density
mexico city
is crude density limited ? explain
yes as it tells very little about relationships between people and the land
what is nutritional density
ratio between the total population and the amount of land under cultivation
what is health care density
the ratio between the total population and the number of physicians
baby boom
increased births after the 2nd world war
