UNIT 2: Chapter Four - 2.6-2.9, Pages 90-103 Flashcards
Thomas Malthus
Focused on one of the underlying concerns of geography: the relationship between people and the earth.
Malthusian Theory
Malthus analyzed the relationship between natural resource use, particularly agricultural output, and the growing population and concluded that society was on a path toward massive starvation (Malthus’ ideas about population growth)
Overpopulation
An unsupportable population (too many people, too little capacity).
Ester Boserup
Danish economist, who emphasized the positive aspects of a large population.
Boserup Theory
Suggested that the more people there are, the more hands there are to work, rather than just more mouths to feed.
Neo-Malthusians
People who still accept Malthus’s fundamental premise as correct today.
Anti-Natalist Policies
Attempt to decrease the number of births in a country, often used by developing countries.
One Child Policy
People who had more than one child in China were subject to fines, it was a change in the dependency ratio.
Gender Preference
Preferring one gender over the other, most commonly preferring boys over girls.
Pronatalist Policies
Designed to increase the fertility rate.
Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children who would be born per woman of that group in a country
Dependency Ratio
The comparison between the size of the potential workforce and the dependent population.
Dependent Population
Under 15 and Over 64
