Geographic Concepts
This concept describes the position of a place in relation to other places.
What is relative location?
This type of density measures the number of farmers relative to the amount of arable land in a country.
What is agricultural density?
This theory argues that population growth can outpace food production, eventually creating shortages.
What is Malthusian Theory?
Economic opportunity, political freedom, and better quality of life are examples of these.
What are pull factors?
This concept refers to a place's location AND connectedness relative to other locations.
What is situation?
Example: A government decreases the tax benefits for larger families.
What are anti-natalist policies?
The population density calculated by dividing the total population by the total amount of land area.
What is arithmetic density?
A migrant wants to move to another country but cannot afford the transportation costs required to reach the destination is an example of this concept.
What are intervening obstacles?
This type of thematic map uses different shades of the same color to show data representation.
What is a choropleth map?
This stage of the demographic transition model experiences demographic momentum, where the birth rate falls and the population increases simultaneously due to increasing life expectancy.
What is stage three of the DTM?
Population growth is at its highest in this stage of the DTM.
What is stage 2 of the DTM?
Example of this concept: A migrant moves from a village to a nearby city. Then, they catch a boat ride to a country that neighbors their destination. Finally, they reach their destination after two more stops in towns along the way.
What is step migration?
This concept refers to the relevancy or potency of a region's influence decreasing as distance from the node increases. (ex. news/radio station)
What is distance decay?
This concept explains that while median home prices in California are around $500,000, median home prices in LA are around $700,000.
What is scale of analysis?
What is NIR/RNI?
Example of concept: A worker moves from Mexico to the United States, and several years later their spouse and children move to join them.
What is chain migration?
This concept claims that a culture or society is not merely a reflection of it's environment and can adapt and change the environment to suit their cultural wants or needs.
What is possibilism?
Other than birth and death rates, and ignoring migration, this factor determines weather or not a country sees population growth or decline.
What is life expectancy?
Example: A government passes a law that provides a $1,500 stipend to families who have a child in the next year.
What are pro-natalist policies?
Example: A small town in an authoritarian country fires all educators and health workers, replacing them with state approved employees. These highly educated and qualified people emigrate elsewhere looking for work.
What is brain drain?