Populations & people
This refers to the study of human populations
Demography
A residential area located within commuting distance of a city is called what?
A suburb
When poorer and more racially segregated communities suffer the most from environmental risk, this is known as concentrated ________.
Disadvantage
The shift of population into cities is known as what?
Urbanization
Large shifts in population within the same country is known as what?
Internal migration
Businesses, in pursuit of economic growth, can cause large and unsustainable damage to the environment. More growth causes more consumption. This is known as what?
The treadmill of production
The historical decline in the birth rate and death rate of modern society is known as what?
Demographic transition
Cities that serve as global centers of finance & other economic markets
Global cities
The social movement of corporate social responsibility pushes for the adoption of more environmentally sustainable processes, and that ________ should be held responsible.
Business leaders
An official count of a countries population is known as what?
A census
A community with a high amount of immigrant owned businesses is known as what?
An immigrant enclave
This term refers to the amount of potential danger that someone could be in due to environmental hazards.
Risk
The general pattern of population growth, in which poorer countries experience a higher birth rate than wealthy countries is known as what?
Demographic divide
The practice of immigrants sending money back home to family members in their home country is known as what?
Remittances or a remittance
The sociological theory that more education will lead to better environmental practices is known as?
Ecological modernization