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Global Demography + City + Migration Flashcards

1
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sociologist who popularized the concept of “global city”

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Saskia Sassen

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2
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NYSE stands for

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New York Stock Exchange

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3
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FTSE stands for

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Financial times Stock Exchange

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4
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This city surpasses New York in terms of cultural importance

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Los Angeles’ Hollywood

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5
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home of the online companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google

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San Francisco

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6
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The growth of the Chinese economy has turned cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou into centers of _________ and ________

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trade and finance

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7
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How many corporate headquarters do Tokyo and New York house

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Tokyo - 613
New York - 217

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8
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Economist Intelligence Unit added the following criteria to measure the economic competitiveness of a city
List them

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  • Market size
  • Purchasing power of the citizens
  • Size of the middle class
  • Potential for growth
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9
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Cities that are home to large international organizations

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Political hotspots

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10
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exerts influence on their own countries as well as on international affairs

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Political hubs

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11
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What is Australia’s third greatest export

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Education

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12
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List challenges of global cities

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✓Sites of great inequality, poverty, and violence
✓ Global cities create winners and losers.
✓ In cities with extensive public transportation systems, people tend to drive less and thereby cut carbon emissions.
✓ Some cities, invest in automobiles and gasoline, and some are severely filthy
✓Urban areas consume most of the world’s energy.
✓Cities only cover 2% of the world’s landmass, but they consume 78% of the global energy.
✓ “Vertical farms” is a sustainable solution to curb massive emissions and energy consumption.
✓ Major terror attacks of recent years have also targeted cities. Cities are attractive to migrant workers, on the other hand, cities are vulnerable to violent attacks

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13
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the process of displacing the poor in favor of newer and wealthier residents

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Gentrification

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14
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statistical study of human populations

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Demography

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15
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Rural areas/ livelihood is dependent on what

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agriculture

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16
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Urban areas/ livelihood is dependent on what

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2 incomes

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17
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The 3 things that are apart of the spatial phenomenon

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International investments
Workers in cities or abroad
Displacement of poor people

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18
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who made the principle of population

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Thomas Robert Malthus

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19
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Principle of populations is based on 2 premises

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  • Food is necessary to live
  • Humans will procreate and “be fruitful and multiple”
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20
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mortality declines and fertility remains high =

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increase in the proportion of children in the population

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21
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fertility declines and child dependency ratio declines =

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working age population grows faster than the population as a whole

22
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increased longevity =

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rapid increase in the elderly population

23
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low fertility =

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slows the growth of the working age population

24
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contraception and sterilization were among the solutions to overpopulation in what year

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1958

25
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“substitute for social justice and much-needed reforms- such as land distribution, employment care, provision of mass education and health care, and emancipation.”

who said this

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Betsy Hartmann

26
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what does FAO stand for

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Food and Agriculture Organization

27
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to mitigate impact of population growth, food production must increase by what

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70%

28
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annual cereal production must increase from 2.1 billion to what

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3 billion

29
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annual meat production should increase from 200 million tons to what

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270 million tons

30
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crossing the boundary of a political or administrative unit for a certain minimum period

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Migration

31
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people are leaving or exiting a country

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Emigration

32
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people are moving and residing in a country

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Immigration

33
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what are the 2 forms of migration

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internal and international

34
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refers to individuals moving from one location to another within the same country

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Internal Migration

35
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refers to people moving beyond national borders

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International Migration

36
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men and women who migrate for a limited period in order to take up employment and send money home

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Temporary labor migrants

37
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people with qualifications as managers, executives, professionals, technicians, or similar, who move within the internal labor markets of transnational corporations and international organizations, or who seek employment through national labor markets for scarce skills

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Highly skilled and business migrants

38
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people who enter a country, usually in search of employment without the necessary documents and permits

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Irregular migrant (illegal migrants)

39
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person residing outside his or her country of nationality, who is unable of unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion

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Refugees

40
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people who move across borders in search of protection, but who may not fulfill the strict criteria laid down by the 1951 Convention

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Asylum seekers

41
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this includes not only refugees and asylum-seekers but also people forced to move by environmental catastrophes or development projects

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Forced migrants

42
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migration to join people who have already entered an immigration country under one of the above categories

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Family member (family reunification migrants)

43
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people who return to their countries of origin after a period in another country. Return migrants are often looked on favorably as they may bring with them capital, skills, and experience useful for economic development

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Return migrants

44
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list push factors

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  • war
  • Break up of family
  • Lack of services
  • Low employment
  • Lack of safety
  • High crime
  • Crop failure
  • Drought
  • Flooding
  • Poverty
45
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list pull factors

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  • Political stability
  • Family reunification
  • Better services
  • High employment
  • Safe society
  • Less crime
  • Fertile Land
  • Lower risk of natural hazards
  • Good Climate
  • More wealth
46
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List state regulations of migration

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  1. National Security
  2. Protection of Cultural Identity
  3. Ensuring that locals have opportunities available for them in the market
  4. Fear that migrants will benefit more in terms of social welfare programs
47
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contribute significantly to the development of small and medium-term industries, which in turn assist in creating jobs

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Remittances

48
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siphoning of qualified personnel, removing dynamic young workers and reducing pressure for social change

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Brain drain

49
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what does POEA stand for

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Philippines’ Overseas Employment Agency

50
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what does OWWA stand for

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Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

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