Population Flashcards
Graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age and gender groups in a population
Age structure
A painful contagious socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more of the above
Affluenza
Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
Baby boom
The maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain I definetlty
Carrying capacity
Indicates that number of live births occurring during the year, per 1000 population estimated
Crude birth rate
The statistical study of human populations
Demography
The transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as the country develops from a pre industrial to an industrialized economic system
Demographic transition
Growth doubles as a steady predictable rate
Exponential growth
The average number of children that would be born to a woman in her lifetime
Fertility rate
The total number of living humans on earth
Human population
Birth rates decline due to better health and social opportunities for women
Industrial stage
The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Infrastructure
Number of years of life
Life expectancy
(Birth rate + Immigration rate) - (death rate + emigration rate)
Population growth factors
Birth and death rates are low and growth is slow
Postindustrial growth
Birth and death rates are high and population is high
Pre industrial growth
Having enough offspring to replace yourself 2 kids for mom and one for dad, plus some extra births to compensate for death of prereproductive people
Replacement rate
Death rate declines and birth rates increase causing a significant population increase
Transitional stage
The increasing number of people living in urban areas
Urbanization
Migration of families from urban areas to suburban areas causing commuting in cars and the rapid use of resources and land
Urban sprawl
The unequal distribution of assets among people and countries of the world
Wealth gap
