test 2 Flashcards
Demography
study of human populations
domegraphic transition model
uses birthrates and death rates to show population change
dependency ratio
og young and old non workers depending on working people
population density
of people within a square mile
population distribution
the pattern of human settlement over an area, county or continient
cultural diffusion
spread of culture traits in material and non material form
urbanization
way of population shifts from rural to urban areas and how society adapts to the chnage
infrastructure
basic orginizational structures a society uses to function
urban sprawl
rapid spread od developement from urban to rural areas
suburbs
a developped area at the edge of the city that is mainly homes
urban renewal
redevopping an inner city area to improve it
emigration
people moving out
imiigration
people moving in
net migration
diffrence between people moving out and people moving in
refugee
person who has to leave their country becasue of war , opinion , natural disaster etc
what is consumtion
the using up of a ressource
what is consumerism
theory that a counrty that buys goods and services in large quantities will be better off economically
what is gdp
gross domestic product total value of all goods and services produced over a certain amount of time to measure the strentgh of the economy
what is a food web
the feeding relationships within an ecosystem
what is watershed
a geographic area that includes all of the land and waterways that drain into a body of water
first national park
yellowstone
first public land set aside
yosemite
point source pollution
pollution from a single source
goals of new urbanism
to promotes walkable neighborhoods