Population and Migration Flashcards
Define Birth Rate
number of babies born
per 1000 people
per year
Define Death Rates
number of deaths
per 1000 people
per year
What is Natural Change
difference between the birth rate and the death rate
What is Natural increase
Birth rate is higher than death rate
What is natural decrease
Natural Decrease is when death rate is higher than birth rate
What does Narrow Base Mean in a population pyramid?
Low BR
What does a Wide top mean in a population pyramid?
High life expectency
What do straight sides mean in a population pyramid?
low death rate
What does a Wider Base mean in a population pyramid?
High birth rate
What do steeply sloping sides mean in a population pyramid?
high death rate
What does narrow top mean in a population pyramid?
low life expectance
What is a SOCIAL Positive from the AGED population
Likely to lead to fall in the crime rate
This means police have more time to fight serious crime rate
Reduces Crime rate
What is a SOCIAL Negative from the AGED population
Puts pressure on healthcare systems
Doctors and nurses are stressed
some diseased are not diagnosed properly
leading to low life expectancy
What is a ECONOMICAL Negative from the AGED population?
More pensions
increased taxes
Less money to spend on other stuff
What is a ECONOMIC positive of Youth population?
creates jobs in education sector,
less unemployment and less unemployment benefits
govt has more money
What is a ECONOMICAL negative of Youth Popluation?
High unemployment rates
govt has to spend more money on unemployment benefits
govt has less money to spend on others
What are push factors?
Negatives which make you want to leave a place
example crime rates
WHat are pull factors?
positives which make you want to move to a place
example better job
Who is an economic migrant
a person who moves because they want to increase their chances of getting employment and earn more money
Who is a refugee
Someone who is forced to flee their country due to war or persecution and is granted protection by their destination country
Challenges Faced by refugee
(Syrian refugee in Greece case study)
Dangerous journey- paying smugglers to take them across the mediterranan(441 people died in 2016 on this journey)
Over crowded camps such as Moira camp, where 20000 people are living in a camp designed for 3000(lack of hygiene)
Threatened to be sent back(allegations that Greece has been abandoning asylum seekers of inflatable rafts)
Challenges face by Greece
(Syrian refugee in Greece case study)
Poor economy-18 % unemployment in 2020, and loss of revenue due to COVID, meaning they have limited resources to provide for refugees
Neo Nazi Golden Dawn Party have attacked migrants as they fear migrant will take their jobs and resources
Limited support from other European countries preventing migrants moving up north(20000 stuck in moira camp)
Large number of Refugees(185,000)
