Population patterns
The pattern of where people, settlements or activities are located along or near the coast
What is coastal distribution?
Unemployment, conflict or lack of services are some of these factors encourage people to leave a place
What are push factors?
A major policy introduced in China to slow opulation growth, beginning in 1979
What is the one child policy?
The population pyramid type typical of developed countries with low birth rates
What is constrictive?
The movement of people from one place to another, often permanently
What is seachange?
China's most populated 10 cities are classified as this city type
What is a megacity?
This type of thematic map that uses different colours or shades to show how a particular variable varies across defined areas
What is a choropleth map?
The average number of people living in a specific unit of land area
What is population density?
This type of movement of people is fueling population growth in Sydney and Melbourne
What is international migration?
This city is China's largest by population and a major global economic centre
What is Shanghai?
The number of people living in a city is divided by its land area to calculate this
What is population density?
This process can result in low-density housing spreading outward from a city, increasing pressure on transport and infrastructure
What is urban sprawl?
If you moved to Dubbo or Orange, you might be seeking this kind of change
What is treechange?
A household registration system in China that controls where people can access government services such as education and healthcare?
What is the Hukou system?
When analysing a population map, this term describes areas where people are clustered closely together
What is concentration?
The way something is arranged across geographical space
What is spatial distribution?
A type of migration pattern where the total population within a country doesn't change
What is internal migration?
This demographic trend resulted from China's declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy
What is an aging population?
This physical feature can influence where people settle, with flatter areas generally being more suitable for settlement than steep mountainous areas
What is topography?