Unit 1: Changing Population Flashcards
Development
The level of advancement that a place has achieved, in relation to economic and technological modernization as well as increased social quality of life and political stability
Examples of social development
High life expectancy (quality of life), equality, justice
Examples of cultural development
Education, preservation of culture
Examples of political development
Freedom of speech, democracy
Examples of environmental development
Conservation, sustinability
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country
Core-periphery model
A model that suggests that some cities/regions development faster because of human/physical advantages and turn into co regions and others into periphery regions
Internal migration
The movement of people within a country for both voluntary and involuntary reasons
Demographic transition model
A geographical model used to explain the process of change from high birth and death rates to low ones as part of the economic development of a country from pre-industrial to an industrialized economy
Population momentum
The tendency of population growth to continue beyond he point when replacement rate fertility has been achieved because of the high concentration of people of childbearing age
Total fertility rate
The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years
Natural increase
Birth rate minus death rate
Dependency ratio
The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force
Demographic dividend
The accelerated economic growth that may result from a decline in a country’s mortality and fertility and the subsequent decline in dependency ratio
Examples of economic development (3)
Expansion of economy, advances quality of life, interdependency (between countries)