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holds migrants back
Intervening Obstacle
permanent movement from one place to another
Human Migration
urban growth and development
where people live
Population Distribution
Site
a place's absolute location, climate, landforms, and resources
migration where people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their home country
transnational migration
Distance Decay
the further away two things are, the less interaction they will have
Topography
representation of Earth's surface to show natural and man-made features
the number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a population
Crude Death Rate
Relative Location
position of a place or entity based on its location with respect to other locations
data measured with numbers
Quantitative Data
data measured usually by people's opinions from research
Qualitative Data
Gravity Model
predicts the interaction between two or more places
Dependency Ratio
the number of people in a dependent age group (under age 15 or age 65 and older) over the number of people in the working age group (between those) times 100
Fertility Rate
the average number of children one woman in a region will have (ages 15 to 49)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Doubling Time
how many years it takes for a country's population to double
Vernacular Region
type of region that reflects people's feelings and attitudes about a place
Population Pyramid
shows the age distribution of a population for both sexes
an area that has one or more shared traits
Formal Region
Chain Migration
number of people per unit area of land
Arithmetic Density
Physical Geography
study of natural processes and distribution of features in the environment
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
model which depicts a scenario where population growth is more than the resources needed to support life
Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM)
model that describes changes in age distribution, fertility, mortality, and life expectancy from causes of death