settlement patterns
the land upon which the settlement was built.
what is the site of a settlement?
the number of births per year per 1000 people
what is birth rate?
used to describe cities with over ten million (e.g large conurbations)
mega-cities
the formula used to calculate population change in a country.
birth rate - death rate + immigration
a city is improving the CBD's transport system
what is London?
what is the situation of a settlement?
factors that affect birth and death rate
what are the social structure, religious beliefs, economic prosperity with urbanization within each country?
the maximum distance that people are prepared to travel in order to obtain a particular service
range
how equality for women can reduce population growth
what is women start to work more making them less likely to have many children, reducing the birth rate and therefore the population growth?
a city is trying to reduce its CO2 emissions by 2030
what is Frankfurt
agricultural land use, relief, gradient, aspect, soils, water, drainage/flooding, accessibility and altitude
what factors influence the sites and situations?
smoking, obesity, bad living conditions and alcoholism (addiction in general)
what causes high death rates?
the growth of towns & cities
urbanization
the rapid growth of cities and towns
what is urban sprawl?
a dispersed settlement in which the villages have become on cióntinuous linear settlement.
what is the Val Gardena in Italy?
the ratio of births to deaths
what is 2.5 births per every death?
seen as a very wealthy part of urban land use and often includes government buildings, offices, old historic buildings, skyscrapers,
CBD (Central Business District)
when a town or city becomes run down or undesirable to live in
what is urban decay?
a rural settlement in Africa where their nucleated settlements were originally developed because of the need for defense
what is Tsoelike Valley, Lesotho
a country that has more births than deaths
what is Germany?
the minimum number of people needed to provide a large enough demand for a service
threshold population
the 4 main challenges of population growth
what are hunger, poverty, water scarcity, environmental degradation and political instability
Which country's population pyramid was messed up after the addition of the one-child policy
What is China?