Chapter 4: Human Population Flashcards
Human Population growth is weighed by 3 things:
Birth rate, death rate, and migration
Replacement level fertility
Enough children to replace parents
The Death Rate in Declining because:
Longer life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate
China and India have what percent of human population?
38%. This is caused by high fertility rates
Demographic transition model
Scale used to determine population change
Pre-industrial rates:
High mortality and fertility
Industrialization begins rates:
Declining mortality and high fertility
Industrial stage rates:
Mortality low and fertility high
Post industrial rates:
ZPG, Zero Population Growth
Thomas Malthus wrote the:
Essay on Population
Urban areas have:
Dense population, Megalopolis
Urban Areas Have:
- A lack of vegetation
- Urban heat islands
- Pollution of air, water, garbage
- Water supply and flooding problems
- loss of wildlife habitat
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A Green City is:
Sustainable