Case Study population distribution China Flashcards
What is the pattern of population distribution in China?
Unevenly distributed with strong regional differences in total population and density, exacerbated in the last 30 years.
What has contributed to the population shift from rural to urban areas in China?
As many as one hundred million people, mostly young adults, moving from rural regions in the West to urban agglomerations in the east.
Which province in China has a population equivalent to that of Iran?
Sichuan Province.
Where are the wealthiest regions of China located?
Along the eastern coast.
What is the economic trend observed as one travels westward in China?
A clear distance-decay in wealth.
Which regions in China are noted for having the lowest income?
Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, and Heilongjiang.
What cities represent the highest wealth in China?
Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product.
Which region in China has a GDP equivalent to that of Russia?
Jiangsu.
What has been China’s average real annual GDP growth rate up to 2018?
9.5%.
How many people has China lifted out of poverty since 1979?
An estimated 800 million people.
What is the per capita GDP in China now over?
Over $10,000.
True or False: China is the world’s largest holder of foreign exchange reserves.
True.
What percentage of China’s total population are internal migrants as of 2015?
36%.
How many internal migrants is China expected to have by 2025?
Nearly 500 million.
What is suburbanization in the context of China?
Migration of people from the city core to the outer parts of the city.
What demographic primarily populates the suburbs of major cities like Beijing and Shanghai?
Wealthier middle classes, doctors, lawyers, and executives.
What is the average income of more than 50% of the population in Shanghai and Beijing?
$30,948.
What is the UN’s definition of a megacity?
A city with a population of over ten million.
How many megacities does China claim to have?
Ten megacities.
What impact has megacity growth had on rural migrants?
It attracts more internal migrants due to economic pull factors.
Fill in the blank: The economic growth in China has led to one of the most rapid geographical transformations in _______.
human history.
