Global Community: Global Population and Mobility Flashcards
ability to move freely
mobility
the measure of how populations and goods
move over time
Geographic Mobility
implications ranging from
administrative changes in government and impacts on local economic growth to housing markets and demand for regional services
Population mobility
means the number of live births per thousand of population per year
Birth Rate
ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a specific period, usually calculated
as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year
Death Rate
means the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
Immigration
means the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another or moving
abroad with the intent to pay elsewhere
Emigration
Population growth is determined by
-Fertility rates
-Fatality rates
-Carrying capacity
-Limiting aid
the ability to produce young
Fertility Rates
number of death in a given period
Fatality Rates
is the number of individuals that the available resources of an environment
can successfully support
Carrying Capacity
is the number of individuals that the available resources of an environment
can successfully support
Carrying Capacity
a resource that organisms must have to survive and is available only in limited
quantities in their environment
Limiting aid