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Birth rate

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Number of live born babies per thousand per year

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Death rate

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Number of people who die per thousand per year

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Natural change

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The balance difference/ between birth and death rate

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Annual population change

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The cumulative change to the size of a population after both natural change and migration

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Fertility rate

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Average number of babies/ children per woman

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Longevity

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Life expectancy of a country is constantly increasing

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Migration

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Movement of people from one place to another

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International migration

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Movement of people across the border

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of babies dying before the age of one per thousand per year

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Population density

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The average amount of people per km^2

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How to describe a pattern on a map

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  • Is it even for uneven.
  • Are they clustered, nucleated, linear, dispersed, isolated.
  • Classify the areas.
  • Identify areas of highest values and lowest values
  • Are there any anomalies
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What is gross domestic product per capita

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The profits made by businesses within a country divided by population of that country

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Example of a country in stage one of the demographic transition model

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The Gambia

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Example of stage two in the demographic transition model

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Botswana

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Example of a country in stage three of the demographic transition model

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India

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Example of a country in stage four of the demographic transition model

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United states of America

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Example of a country in stage five of the demographic transition model

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Japan

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What are the strengths of the demographic transition model

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  • Simple to understand
  • Good model for anyone living in the UK
  • Other developed countries such as Japan and France have followed almost exactly the same demographic pattern
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What are the weaknesses of the demographic transition model

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  • Model is based upon •Western industrial economies
  • The importation of technology such as vaccinations means that death rates can fall much more rapidly than has been observed in Europe
  • Some countries go back stages on the model in real life
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How to describe population pyramids

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Asymmetrical
Column shape or triangular
Convert sides or concave sides
Wide base or narrow base
Wide top or narrow top
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What is population structure

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It is the age and gender make up of a country

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Examples of decreasing birthrate

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China’s one child policy

Kerala’s family planning

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Strategies to manage ageing populations

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Age of retirement has been increased
Encouraging immigration of working age people
Encouraging more women to have children

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Life expectancy

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Average number of years a person from a specific country is expected to live

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Case study: youthful populated country
Uganda
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What stage Uganda in?
Stage 2 of the DMT
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General age of Uganda's population?
15 years old
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Ways to reduce birth rate
- Availability of contraception - Reduce infant mortality rates by having better health care - Family planning - Educating more women
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Problems with increasing population
- Less land per person, greater density of people, poorer living conditions - Famine - Water shortages - Greater demands for energy
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Managing an ageing population
- Age of retirement increased - Encouraging immigration of working-age people - Encouraging more women to have children
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What is social welfare?
The well-being of the entire society by the quality of life. | Factors include : environment, health, crime, educational levels, social services,leisure services, religious aspects.
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Case study: ageing population country
The U.K.
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What percentage of the UKs population was over 65 in 2005?
16%
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Life expectancy increase between 1980 and 2006 for females?
2.8 years
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Life expectancy increase between 1980 and 2006 for men?
4 years
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Baby boom in 1940s and 60s.....
...means these generations are starting to retire, increasing the number of elderly.
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The proportion of older people in the uk is.....
...greater as there are fewer young people with falling birth rate.
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Problems for UKs ageing population...
-Pressure on pension system- 60% of population are paying taxes for pensions -By 2030 56% of population will be of working age supporting 27% of the retired -Many elderly live in poverty Pressure on health service as people over 75 stay 13 nights in the hospital.
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Strategies to manage ageing population
- Retirement age will increase to 68 for everyone by 2050 - Encouraging immigration of working-age from EU - Encourage women to have more children by introducing working family tax credits to support parents when they go back to work and have maternity leave
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Uganda issues with youthful population
- Pressure on health service- 6000 women die every year from childbirth and fatal HIV - Unemployment could get worse- 3.2% in 2003 were unemployed yet this was accounting the 50% population under 15. Won't be enoug jobs in future for them
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Strategies put in place in Uganda
- Free Contraceptives found at family planning clinics- less than 25% of married woman use it - ABC approach (abstain sex till marriage, be faithful, condoms) HIV infections fell by 15% in 1991 to 5% in 2001
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Factors affecting population change
Urbanisation Agriculture change Education Emancipation of women
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How successful was China's one child policy?
Reduced population growth of 1.3 billion by as much as 300 million over 20 years
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How many women in Kerala are literate?
85%
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Infant mortality rate in Kerala?
1930- 210 deaths per 1000 | Today- 14 deaths per 1000
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Gender imbalance in China
114 males to 100 females
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Percentage of minority ethnic groups in Canning Town?
39%
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Age structure of Canning Town
Young
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Life expectancy of Canning Town
Is 9 years lower than average
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Percentage of people in full time work in Canning Town
37.6%
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CATCH project in Canning Town have spent...
£3.7 billion to improve the area
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How many homes have replaced the old high-rise towers?
10,000
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Age in Blockely
Old

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