Key Terms Flashcards
Death rate
Number of deaths per 1000 people, per year
Natural change
Birth rate minus death rate
Dependancy ration
Ration between the dependent (under 16, over 65 for UK) and independent (those between 16-65 in UK)
Birth rate
Number of births per 1000 people, per year
Migration
Movement of people to live in a different place
Immigration
People moving into a country/area
Emigration
People moving out of a country/area
Asylum seeker
Formal application by a refugee to stay and live in a country when they arrive
Voluntary migration
People choose to migrate because of pull factors
Forced migration
Compulsory migration when people have little or no choice of moving, e.g because of war
Refugee
A person unable or unwilling to return to their homeland for fear of persectuion, based on reasons of race, religion, ethnicity, political opinion or those displaced forcibly by other factors
Internal migration
Migration within a country
International migration
Migration internationally
Economic migration
Voluntary migration where the person moves for work/job, usually to improve standard of living
Destination and origin
Migrant moves to and migrant moves from
Environmentally sound
Natural environments and wildlife safeguarded
Socially sound
Considers the needs of, and involves, local communities
Sustainable
Looking after today’s tourist needs does not damage those of future generations
Stewardship
The personal responsibility for looking after things, the environment in terms of tourism
Conservation
The careful and planned use of resources in order to manage and maintain the natural environment for future generations
Mass tourism
When large numbers of tourists visit one destination
Leakage
Where money produced from local tourism goes overseas instead of going to local people
Internal tourism
Where people visit the country they are a resident of
External tourism
Where people visit countries they are not a resident of
