Terms
Define Life Expectancy
The average period that a person may expect to live.
Define Push Factors
Factors that make someone leave their country.
Define Pull factors
Factors that would make someone want to migrate to another country or area.
What is the "Heat Island Effect"?
Bulidings and pavement increases tempature and adds to smoggy haze.
Name 2 of the 5 implications of Birth Dearth
Family Structures, Aging Population, Labour Shortages, Economic Effects, and Shift in World Power
Define Birth Rate
The number of live births per thousand of population per year
Define Dependency Load
The amount of people the earth can hold
What is Net Migration Rate?
The difference between the amount of people migrating into a country and the amount of people migrating out of a country.
What is gentrification?
Buying and renovating attractive but often run-down older homes in less desirable neighbourhoods.
Is the population in old core countries expected to rise or drop?
Drop
Define Total Fertility Rate
The total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years.
What is the difference between international and internal migration?
International is moving around the world and internal is moving around with in your own country.
What are Remittances?
Amounts of money sent by migrant workers back to family members living in their homeland.
How many years ago did less than 5% of the worlds population live in urban areas?
200 years ago
Define population ageing
Population ageing is a shift in the distribution of a country's population towards older ages
Define Natural Increase
The difference between the number of live births and deaths, generally calculated over a year.
What is a demographic trap?
Made to describe the combination of birth rates and death rates in developing countries.
What does it mean to be internally displaced?
Forced to flee to another part of your country.
Name an Urban Environmental Problem in Old Core?
- Too many cars leading to pollution and gridlock
- "Heat Island Effect"
- Greenhouse gases from cars, electrical generating stations, heating and air conditioning systems
- Garbage
Define Pronatilism
Relating to the policy or practice of encouraging people to have children
Define Emigration Rate
Emigration rate is the percentage of a country's native population that is living abroad in a given year.
Define Rule of 70
The number of years it takes to double by dividing the number by 70
Why is there a need for migration in Old Core countries?
Old core countries are declining in working age groups.
What is the urbanization rate of Africa by 2030?
17%
What area of a nation will be effected most with popultion future?
Urban Areas