Keywords D Flashcards
industrial stage
3rd stage; low birth and death rates reducing population growth
post industrial stage
4th (final) stage of demographic transition where death and birth rates are consistent due to improvements made in the previous stage
urban growth
the increase in population within an Urban Area
Immigration
The movement of individuals into a specific area.
Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age.
Population Change
The change in the number of people in a specified area during a specific time period.
crude birth rate
Is the amount of births within six months divided by a thousand
crude death rate
Is the amount of deaths within six months divided by a thousand
Replacement level fertility rate
the total fertility rate at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next, without migration.
Zoning
a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones
Megacities
a large city, typically with a population of more than 10 million people
Hypercities
a hypercity is a real city overlaid with information networks that document the past, and future
Urban heat island
occur when cities replace natural land cover with dense concentrations of pavement, buildings, and other surfaces that absorb and retain heat
urbanization
population shift from rural areas to urban areas
cultural norm
integrated systems of beliefs and pratices
