AP hug module 10-14

module 10-14

_{Demographic Transition model}

How crude birth rate (CBR) and crude death rate (CDR) as well as the resulting rate of natural increase (RNI) change over time as countries go through industrialization and urbanization

Epidemiological transition theory

Seeks to explain how changes in health services and living standards affect patterns of disease

Malthusian

A term derived from the name Thomas Robert Malthus, an English economist and cleric, to mean either “of or relating to Malthus’s theory” or “a follower of Malthus”

Neo-Malthusians

People who today subscribe to the Malthusian view of population

Cornucopians/Anti-Malthusians

People who disagree with the Malthusian view of population and resources

Boserup Effect

Increase in food production resulting from the use of new farming methods

Antinatalist policies

Designed to curtail population growth by reducing fertility rates

Pronatalist policies

Designed to boost fertility rates and ultimately population growth

Women’s Status

The degree of equality between men and women with respect to access to and control over both physical and social resources in the family, community, or society at large

Aging Population

A population of a country or place that ages as the number or proportion of its elderly people increases