Ch. 4 Flashcards
What is the rate of natural increase(RNI)?
The difference between the crude birth rate (CBR) and crude death rate(CDR)
What is doubling time (DT)
The number of years in which a growing population growing at a certain rate will double
What is urbanization
The growth and development of cities
What factors can influence population growth and decline?
Economic, political, environmental, cultural, Changing roles of females.
What is overpopulation?
A term coined by Thomas Malthus to describe a population that exceeds its carrying capacity
What is the Neo-Malthusian thought process?
A thought process about the concerns of sustainable use of the planet and that it only has a finite amount of resources.
What is the Demographic transition model?
It represents the shift in growth that the world’s populations have undergone- and are still experiencing- over time
What is the epidemiological transition model?
The changes in fertility, Mortality, Life expectancy
What government policy encourages families to not have children
Antinatalist Policies
What policy encourages families to have children, in contrast to antinatalist policies
Pronatalist policies
What is land degradation
Long term damage to soils ability to sustain life
What is the big picture of this chapter
Population, and factors that influence it
