Population Vocab Flashcards
Carrying capacity
This is the population level that can be supported, given the quantity of food, habitat, water and other life infrastructure present. This is important because it tells how many people an area will be able to support
Age Distribution
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Cohort
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Demographic Equation
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Demographic Momentum
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Demographic regions
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Dependency Ratio
The number of people who are too you or too old to work compared to the number of people in their productive years. This is important because this tells how many people each worker supports. For example the larger population of dependents, the greater financial burden on those who are working to support those who cannot.
Doubling time
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Ecumene
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Gendered Space
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Gendered space
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Infant mortality rate
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J-curve
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Maladaption
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Thomas Malthus
Was one of the first to argue that the worlds rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food population. This is important because he brought up the point that we may be outrunning our supplies because of our exponentially growing population
