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Chapter 20 Flashcards

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Demography

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scientific study of population

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Formal Demography

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study of size, composition growth and distribution of human population

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Malthus Theorem

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population groups geometrically from 2 to 4 and food grows only with arithmetically. If birth unchecked population growth will surpass the food supply

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New Malthusians

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population follows an exponential curve. doubled during roughly same interval of time and then suddenly accelerates

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Anti-Malthusians

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population do not just reproduce until there is nothing left to go around. Growth rates tend to balance over time.

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Demographic Transition

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population will transit through three stages from the long run 1-HHL 2- LHH 3- LLH
also based on population of some Euro countries

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Alienation

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shift from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft

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Community

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a place where people identify with where they sense that they belong and that others care what happens to them

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Concentric Zone Model

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cities that are formed surrounding one center

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Sector Model

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cities that contain several sectors

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Multiple-Nuclei Model

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cities that combine the characteristics of concentric and sector models with multiple centers and sectors

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Monocentric City

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a city with single centric center that consists of central city, suburbs and urban fringe

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Polycentric City

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a city with multiple centric centers that include central city, inner suburbs and urban fringe between inner suburbs and urban fringe lie out suburbs where there are many mini-cities

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Inner Suburb

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place immediately surrounding the central city

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Urban Fringe

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the most external place surround a city

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Cosmopolites City

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students, intellectuals, professionals, musicians, artists and entertainers coming to downtown for opportunities and benefits

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Haves and Have nots

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rich and poor

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population pyramid

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graphic representation of a population structure by age and sex

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population projection

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estimates for future population

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Population increase

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the difference between birth rate and death rate plus net migration

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Demographic equation

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birth- death + net migration

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Crude Birth Rate

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ration between number of live births and total population in a given are, annual number of live births per 1,000 pop

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Zero Population Growth

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a condition in which women bear only enough children to reproduce population

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Population Shrinkage

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process by which a country population becomes smaller due to declining birth rate and low immigration

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Growth Exponential

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growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size

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Ghettos

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a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions

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Suburbs

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community adjacent to a city

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Crude death rate

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annual # of deaths per 1,000 pop.

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Fertile

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number of children average women has

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Fecundity

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number of children are capable of having

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Migration

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movement from one part of something to another

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Net Migration

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difference between the number of immigrants per 1000 people

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Dependency Ratio

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In economics, geography and demography the dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those typically in the labor force (the productive part). It is used to measure the pressure on productive population

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Gross Migration

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Gross migration: total number of in-migrants and out-migrants (internal migration).

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Urbanization

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masses of ppl moving to cities and having growing influences on culture.

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metropolis

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central city surrounded by smaller cities and suburbs

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megalopolis

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overlapping are consisting of least 2 metropolises and many suburbs

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megacity

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city of 10 million or more (NYC)

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Egde Cities

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clusters of buildings and serving near the intersection of major highways

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Suburbanization

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business starts to move away from cities,

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disinvestment

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more decline, withdrawal or investment

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deindustrialization

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inducts moving to another country

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