Policy/Theory
What does China apply to lower the birth rate?
One-child policy
How does the one-child policy bring both positive and negative impacts? One example for both.
Slowed population growth, reducing pressure on resources like food and jobs.
Which counties apply pro-natalist polciy?
Japan spend millions of dollars to encourage couples having children.
Denmark, TV ad "Do It for Denmark"
What is Ravenstein’s Law of Migration?
Most migrants move short distances.
Migrants who move long distances often go to big cities.
Most migration is from rural to urban areas.
Young adults are more likely to migrate than families or the elderly.
Every migration flow creates a counter-flow
What is malthusian theory? What is it limitation?
Thomas Malthus suggests that population grows faster than food supply, which will lead to famine, disease, and death.
Limitations: Not consider the farming technology improving