Unit 2: Population and Migration

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Population and Migration
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Activity Space a person's regular schedule of short movements
Gravity Model Spacial interaction increases as the size and importance of places becomes larger, and vise versa
Cyclic Motion short regular trips away from home
Periodic Movement Longer trips taken from home- trips are taken from time to time
Forced Migration authority or power makes people move
Voluntary Migration migrants ways options and decides
Transhumance System of farming where livestock is moved based on seasonal availability of pastures
Push- Pull Factors Push-conditions and perceptions that make the migrant leave Pull-circumstances that attract migrant
Step Migration Unbroken routes of migration that are actually steps (town-> city-> metropolis)
Distance Decay The farther away from something the less influence it will have
Chain Migration Migrants move through kinship links (connection with the area based on family)
Intervening Opportunity Chances that migrants take that were not part of the original plan (jobs, spouses)
Refugee A person who is afraid of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, social group, political opinion
Internal Migration Movement of people within a country
Space Time Prism Set of all points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum possible speed from a starting point
Personal Space the surrounding area over which a person makes a claim to territorial privacy
Place Utility The desirability and usefulness of a place to an individual or to a groups such as a family.
Intercontinental Migration Permanent movement from one country to a different country on the same continent. Ex. movement across country or ocean
Interregional Migration Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. Ex. movement from Texas to Wisconsin
Rural-Urban Migration Permanent movement from suburbs and rural area to the urban city area. Ex. countryside to Houston
Migratory Movement movement that consists of one or more persons migrating from one place to another Ex. potato famine and the Irish moving to the U.S.
Transmigration Relocation of people away from overpopulated core regions to less crowded areas
Doublet time The time it takes for a population to double
Thomas Malthus Believed the population was increasing faster than the rate of food production and we were all going to die
Mortality Death Rate
Infant Mortality Rate Children who die before the age of 1
Population Pyramid (Age Distribution) Shows the age and sex distribution of the population
Natural Increase Births-Deaths Area shaded between death and birth rates
Arithmetic Density people/ nation's area *not reliable
Physiologic Density people/ farmable land *shows how populated an area is
Demographic Transition Model
Demographic Equation Total pop= OP-(B-D)+(I-E)
Carrying Capacity Amount of people an environment can support
Cohort Population of a certain age group
Dependency Ratio Children/elders: working people
Ecumene meeting place for the world's religions and ideologies
Maladaption Something that is once harmful is now a bother
Natality Birth Rate
Neo Malthusians Believe that we should conserve resources bc the population is getting to large
Zero Population Growth Birth Rate= Death Rate
Population Explosions Death Rate << Birth Rate
Population Projection Prediction of what the population will be in the future
Sustainability The ability of a country to supply enough resources for their people
J-Curve when population in exponential
Overpopulation Is there enough resources on Earth to support all of the people
Standard Of Living The quantity and quality of goods
Demographic Momentum A growing population continues to grow even if fertility rates drop
Demographic Regions Countries around the world are at different stages of the demographic model
Diffusion of Fertility Control Average amount of kids a household has in a country
Disease Diffusion Hierarchal: goes from one area to the next (urban cities-> rural areas) Contagious: Spreads from person to person
Sex Ratio Males: Females
Underpopulation Drastic decrease in population
S-Curve
Epidemiological Transition Model Same as the DTM but shows cause of death at each stage
Gendered Space an area designed for a specific sex
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