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Arithmetic density
Total population/entire land mass (includes inhabitable and non arable), shows how many people live on each unit of land, higher the # the more need for food and services a country needs
Agricultural density
Amount of farmers/total arable land, shows how advanced the technology is/how efficient the society is at producing food, higher the # the more manual labor which means less effective agricultural practices
Physiological density
Total population/total arable land, shows how much food we need to produce and measure the number of ppl per arable land, higher the # the more food we need to produce which can lead to importing food from others due to overusing the land
Four major population clusters
South, East and Southeast Asia, and Europe
Carrying capacity
The number of people that can be supported without damaging the environment
Sex ratio
Male births/female births
Dependency ratio
the percentage of people who are too young or old to work
CBR
total number of live births for every 1000
CDR
total number of deaths for every 1000
NIR
CBR-CDR
Doubling time
the amount of time it takes for a population to double in size
TFR
the average number of children a women will have
Epidemiologic Transition Model
Stage 1: Famine and disease
Stage 2: Fewer deaths and receding pandemics
Stage 3: Degenerative diseases
Stage 4: Fighting degenerative diseases
Stage 5: Resurgence of infectious disease
Arithmetic growth
Increases by a constant number
Exponential growth
Compounded causing a spike in numbers
Neo-malthusian
Still believes Malthus’ theory but have expanded their theory to include all natural resources
Ravenstein’s laws of migration
Migration happens for economic reasons
Migrants travel short distances in step migration, moving from rural to urban areas
Whenever migration happens, a counterstream is created
Can lead to an increased economic development
Gravity model
Shows the likelihood that a place will interact with another place, factors in the size and distance from the other place
Centripetal forces in a society
Less taxes, variety of goods, better government, stability, healthcare, education, good climate
Centrifugal forces in a society
lack of jobs, political and religious persecution, natural disasters
IDP
A person forced to leave their home but did not cross a state border
Remittance
Money an immigrant sends back to their family residing in their home country
Transnational Migration
A migrant emigrates from their home country to another country but remains connected to their origin
Chain Migration
When a legal immigrant becomes a citizen and sponsors a family member to immigrate to the country
Transhumance Migration
Revolves around the seasonal movement of livestock
IntRAregional migration
Migration within the same region
IntERregional migration
moves from one region of a country to another region
Brain drain
When skilled labor leaves an area in favor of another area that offers more opportunities
Acculturation
Adopting various cultural traits of and modifying the original culture
Assimilation
Adopting a new culture with the loss of the original culture
Ecumene
Land that is permanently populated by human society
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