Sustainable Development P2 Flashcards
Second partial study guide. (30 cards)
Poverty (dictionary)
The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs.
Objective perspective
Information that can be measured and is established or a fact.
Objective perspective examples
Number of people that live in a place, age, height, number of births in a year.
Subjective perspective
Information that can’t be measured, it depends on the experience of people and circumstances.
Subjective perspective examples
Measure security (number of police men, how many assaults there are in a year, etc.)
What is a basic need?
Fundamental resources and support people need to survive, being physical, social, and psychological (food, shelter, clothing, education, health, and social participation).
Physiological needs examples
air, water, shelter, food, sleep, clothing, and reproduction
Safety needs examples
personal security, employment, resources, health, and property
Love and belonging examples
friendship, intimacy, filmily, and sense of connection
Esteem example
respect, status, recognition, freedom, and self-esteem
What is self actualization?
The desire to become the most that one can be.
What is demography?
The science that researches and describes a population.
What affects and is affected by population?
Economic
security, culture, healthcare, migration, and environmental impact.
What does demography research?
Size, composition, and distribution of human populations.
Size
Amount of people of a certain population.
Composition
Population characteristics (Example: How many women/men)
Distribution of human populations
How people are distributed in the territory
What are the core aspects demography analyses?
Births, deaths, and migration.
What is carrying capacity?
It is the maximum population an environment can support.
What is high density pressure?
Too many people in a place for available resources.
What is overuse pressure?
Even a small population can stress resources through high
consumption.
What is Demographic Transition Model.
DTM is a tool used in demography and
geography to show how populations change over time in relation to economic
development.
What are population dynamics?
These factors affect a country’s total growth rate, which can be positive or
negative.
What is total fertility rate?
Average number of children a woman is expected
to have in her lifetime.
