Studied by 41 peopleCrude Birth Rate
the number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population
Natural Rate of Increase
the percentage by which a population grows in a year
Pronatalist
policies that encourage births and aim to accelerate population growth.
Antinatalist
policies are designed to curb population growth by discouraging citizens from having children.
Internal Migration
permanent move within the same country
International Migration
permanent move from one country to another.
Interregional Migration
Movement between regions of a country
Intraregional Migration
Movement within the same region
Political Push Factors:
-Political Persecution -Intolerance of dissent -Abuse of power by ruling parties -Open Violence /Conflict
Political Pull Factors:
-Peace -Greater freedoms from government oversight
Economic Push factors:
-Poor job prospects -Low wages -Weak national economy -No opportunities for the highly skilled or educated.
Economic Pull factors:
-Better employment opportunities -High wages -Low unemployment -Strong national economy
Demographic Push factors:
-Overpopulation -Lack of access to needed services
Demographic Pull factors:
-Imbalance in gender ratio (ability to find a spouse) -Low population
Environmental Push factors:
-Drought -Flooding -Crop failures
Environmental Pull factors:
-Desirable climate -Fertile soil -Flat land
Human Migration
a permanent move to a new location
Net migration
the difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants in a location.
refugee
A refugee has been forced to migrate to avoid a potential threat to his or her life, and they cannot return for fear of persecution.
Brain drain
the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another, often richer, country
Thomas Malthus
He theorized that the world’s population was growing exponentially while food production was growing arithmetically.
transhumance
the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.
Total Fertility Rate
is the average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years.
Antinatalist
policies are designed to curb population growth by discouraging citizens from having children.
Pronatalist
policies that encourage births and aim to accelerate population growth.
Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size an environment can sustain
Relocation diffusion
the spread of ideas and culture traits through migration.
Dependency Ratio
The number of people who are too young/old to work, compared to the number of people in their productive years.
Forced Migration
the forcibly induced movement of people, for example, when migrants are forced to flee to escape conflict or persecution or become trafficked.
Voluntary migration
when people CHOOSE to move, this is often for economic reasons for work or for social reasons such as to be closer to family.
Intervening obstacles
an occurrence that causes a migrant to pause their journey. This can be by choice (intervening opportunity) or by force (obstacle).
Intervening opportunities
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epidemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Pandemic
(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
Internally Displaced Person
Is similar to a refugee, but they have not migrated across an international border.
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