population Flashcards
(22 cards)
number of births per thousand
birth rate
the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime
fertility rate
number of deaths per thousand
mortality rate
number of deaths among infants per thousand
infant mortality rate
the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year
rate of natural increase
the billions of people in this world who are not distributed equally
population
system of living things
environment
the way something is spread out or arranged over a geographic area.
distribution
the process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population comes to live in the city.
urbanization
average number of people who live in an area
population density
number of organisms a piece of land can support
carrying capacity
study of how people use spaces and cities
urban geography
center of circle
cbd
2nd outer circle
zone of transition
3rd outer circle
lower class
4th outer circle
upper class
political units touching the borders of the central city
suburbs
core of the city
cbd
things pushing people out of their home town
push factors
draw or attract people to a new region
pull factors
ex: people live by the ocean, good soil, warm climate.
physical factors
examples: need to salvage a city, transportation, economic activities
human factors
