Urban and Population Vocab Flashcards
Mortality rate
Number of deaths per 1000 people
Birthrate
Number of live births per 1000 people
Fertility rate
An average number of children a woman will conceive in her lifetime
Infant mortality rate
The death rate during the first year of life
Rate of natural increase
Birthrate minus the mortality rate
Population pyramid
Chart that shows the sex and age distribution of a population
Push/Pull factors
Factors that cause people to move and where
Population density
A measurement of population per unit area or unit volume
Carrying capacity
Amount of people the land can support
Urban geography
The study of how people use the space around them
City
A large, densely populated town or area
Suburb
Smaller cities or towns that develop next to a city or next to another suburb
Metropolitan area
Cities, suburbs, and exurbs that make up an area
Urbanization
Trend throughout the world to move to cities
Slum
A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people
