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Unit 1 - Population and settlement Flashcards

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Demography

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The study of population

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Demographers

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People who study population

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Zero growth

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A point in which the population number remains unchanged

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Natural change

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The difference between the birth and death rates

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Exponential growth

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A growth rate where the growth of the system is more rapid in proportion to the amount present

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Birth rate

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The total number of babies born per 1000 people

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Death rate

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The total number of deaths per 1000 people in an area each year

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Life expectancy

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A calculated figure that can predict the average period of life a person is to live

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Infant Mortality Rate

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The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births

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Fertility rate

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The ratio between the number of live births in a year and the whole female population of childbearing age

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Population distribution

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A measure of how spread out a population is in any given area

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Population density

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The number of people per unit area

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Population structure

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The way a population of an area can be broken down into groups

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GNP

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The value of all products and services produced by the citizens of a country both domestically and internationally minus income earned by foreign residents

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People per doctor

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The number of individuals served by one physician in a country, if the population was equally distributed across physicians

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Densely populated

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Many people in a small area

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Sparsely populated

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Few people in a large area

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Population density equation

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Population density = Total population ÷ Total land area

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Optimum population

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The population is such that it can maximize the benefits from the resources available and maximize quality of life

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Overpopulated

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The resources cannot sustain the current population

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Underpopulated

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The population cannot fully utilize the resources available

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DTM

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Demographic Transition Model

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Stages 1 of DTM

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  • Fluctuating birth rate
  • Fluctuating death rate
  • Low population
  • NEE
  • Example: Ghana
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Stage 2 of DTM

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  • Decreasing birth rate
  • Decreasing death rate
  • Increasing population
  • LIC
  • Example: Russia
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Stage 3 of DTM

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  • Decreasing birth rate
  • Decreasing death rate
  • Increasing population
  • LIC-HIC
  • Example: China
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Stage 4 of DTM

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  • Fluctuating birth rate
  • Fluctuating death rate
  • Increasing population
  • HIC
  • Example: USA
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Stage 5 of DTM

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  • Decreasing birth rate
  • Stable death rate
  • Decreasing total population
  • HIC
  • Example: Finland
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Migration

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The movement of people from one place to another

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Health tourism

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The visiting of another country for better healthcare

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Push factors

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Reasons to leave a place

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Pull factors

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Reasons to move to a place

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Common push factors

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  • Famine
  • Drought
  • Natural disasters
  • Poor living conditions
  • Poor housing, education and healthcare
  • Unemployment
  • War and conflict
  • Negative agricultural change
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Common pull factors

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  • Employment
  • High incomes
  • Better healthcare and education
  • Urban facilities
  • Way of life
  • Protection from conflict
  • Positive agricultural change
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Positives of migration on origin country

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  • Unemployment can reduce - less job competition
  • Less pressure on natural resources
  • New skills and knowledge when migrants return
  • Less pressure on services
  • Money sent back to family and friends - most in local economy
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Negatives of migration on origin country

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  • Fewer people to pay taxes
  • Fewer skilled migrants - brain drain
  • Harm in economic development
  • Borders separate families
  • Gender imbalances
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Positives of migration on destination country

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  • Workers will work for low wages and do jobs most won’t want to
  • Increase cultural diversity
  • Skills gaps are filled
  • Boost to the local economy
  • Government tax revenues increase
  • Public services can benefit from more staff
  • Immigrant groups can increase birth rates
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Negatives of migration on destination country

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  • Pressure on public services
  • Overcrowding
  • Language & cultural barriers
  • Increased pollution
  • Pressure on natural resources
  • Racial tensions & discrimination
  • Increased job competition
  • Groups may not assimilate
  • Gender imbalance
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Positive impacts on migrants

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  • Opportunity to get a better job
  • Improved quality of life
  • Safety from conflict
  • Opportunities for better education
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Negative impacts on migrants

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  • Migrants may run out of money
  • Communication issues & language barriers
  • Issues securing accommodations and housing
  • Illness due to lack of healthcare
  • Migrants can be exploited
  • Migrants may experience racism
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Involuntary migration

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  • Refugees
  • Asylum seekers
  • Undocumented migrants
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Settlement

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A dwelling or groups of dwellings where people live

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Hamlet

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A few houses in a rural area - no amenities - spread out

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Temporary settlement

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Somewhere only lived in for part of the year

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Permanent settlement

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Somewhere lived in at all times

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Urban

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Built up areas including towns and cities

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Rural

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A countryside location

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Conurbation

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Where cities have grown to swallow up other cities

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Villages

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A rural settlement of a collection of houses and a few amenities

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Cities

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A population centre with a large population

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Towns

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A population centre larger than a village but smaller than a city

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Site

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Describes the actual land upon which the settlement is built

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Situation

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Describes where a settlement is located in relation to other surrounding features

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Settlement patterns

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  • Linear
  • Nucleated
  • Dispersed
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Linear settlement

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Based in a narrow band along a road or other features

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Nucleated settlement

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Centered around a focus point such as a bridge or major crossroads

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Dispersed settlement

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Where a few buildings are spread over a large area

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Sphere of influence

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The area served by a settlement

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Function of a settlement

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What the settlement provides/does

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Settlement hierarchy

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  • Capital city
  • City
  • Towns
  • Villages
  • hamlets
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Trends of the settlement hierarchy

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  • Down the group commonality increases
  • Up the group the larger and more complex the settlement & more services provided
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Services

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Facilities that are offered to people - have threshold populations

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Threshold population

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The minimum number of people needed for a service to be offered

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Range

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The distance people are willing to travel to buy a product or service

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High order goods/Comparison goods

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Products or services that people buy less frequently - often expensive

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Low order goods/Convenience goods

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Products or services that people buy frequently or daily - often purchased locally without comparing quality or price

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MEDC land use model

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Burgess model and Hoyt model

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Burgess model

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A representation of land use in MEDC’s with concentric circles

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Areas of the Burgess model

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  • CBD
  • Inner city
  • Inner suburbs
  • Outer suburbs
  • Rural/Urban fringe
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CBD

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  • Central Business District
  • Major transportation
  • Most economic activity e.g. banks, headquarters, businesses, entertainment
  • Dense - roads are crammed and busy
  • Government buildings
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Inner city

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  • Low-class residential
  • Terraced houses for workers
  • Former industrial area turned to residential
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Inner suburbs

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  • Medium class residential
  • Larger houses
  • More greenery
  • Linear roads
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Outer suburbs

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  • Large houses
  • Much more space
  • Garages, backyards
  • Usually more expensive
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Rural/urban fringe

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  • Residential
  • Agriculture
  • Entertainment e.g. golf course
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Hoyt model

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MEDC land use model that uses concentric circles from Burgess model, but adds concentrated sectors along major transportation

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LEDC land use model

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  • Industrial zone
  • Middle-cost housing
  • CBD
  • High-class housing
  • Poor-quality permanent housing
  • Squatter settlements
  • Newest squatter settlements
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Urban sprawl

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The expansion of a city into its surrounding rural area

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Problems of urban sprawl

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  • Pollution - air, water, noise, visual
  • Inequality - poor people forces out of the city
  • Rise in crime & strain on police resources
  • Housing issues - cost, land shortage, size and quality decrease
  • Traffic congestion - longer commutes, harder to police
  • Conflicts over land use - decline in community stigmas and cohesiveness
  • Strain on resources in certain areas

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