Unit 2.2 Flashcards
Mortality rate
Deaths per 1000 people per year
Birth rate
Number of live births per 1000 people per year
Fertility rate
How many kids a woman will have in her lifetime
Infant mortality rate
Number of deaths out of 1000 babies per year
Rate of natural increase
- birth rate minus mortality rate
- positive number= growing population
- negative number= decreasing population
Population pyramid
Chart that shows gender and age distribution of a population
Urban geography
How space is used within a city
Suburb
- Developed next to a city
- must touch a city or a suburb that touches a city
- aka urban fringe
Metropolitan area
City, suburb, and exurb area
Urbanization
Trend of people moving to cities
Central business district
Commercial core of a city
Push/ pull factors
The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a place and the pull factor is what draws them to a new location.
Population density
measurement of population per unit area or unit volume
Carrying capacity
The number of people that an area can support given the quality of the natural environment and the level of technology of the population.
City
A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
