Human geography
- Created by: GeorgeGreen12
- Created on: 18-01-17 18:56
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- Geography
- migration
- Immigration-movement into a country to change residence
- internal migration-movement of people within a nation
- international migration-involves the crossing of national borders
- emigration-movement out of a country to live elsewhere
- push and pull factors- a push factor is forced migration. a pull factor is voluntary migration
- Immigration-movement into a country to change residence
- population structure
- the age and sex composition of a population
- can be shown using a population pyramid
- wide base=high birth rate. wide top=high death rate
- can be shown using a population pyramid
- having an elderly population can mean: more expensive pensions, increased cost of health care, rising number of people in nursing homes
- an example of an ageing population would be Japan
- the age and sex composition of a population
- population policies
- anti-natalist- a policy which tries to decrease the birth rate
- an example would be china's one child policy- family planners and punishments are made
- pro-natalist- a policy which tries to increase the birth rate
- example would be sweden
- anti-natalist- a policy which tries to decrease the birth rate
- population and resources
- Boserup and malthus' theories
- boserup believed that "necessity is the mother of all invention
- whereas Malthus believed that the population growth was more rapid than the rate food supplies were produced
- Boserup and malthus' theories
- demographic transition model
- 1) high stationary 2)early expanding 3)late expanding 4)low stationary 5)declining?
- development theories
- Rostow's and Frank's model
- rostow had a 5 stage model
- Frank believed in the periphery and the core
- Rostow's and Frank's model
- development projects
- The katse Dam, lesotho
- creates jobs. provides the government with money. provides water for the capital. the power station provides electricity
- took away land and resources of thousands of people. flooding
- The katse Dam, lesotho
- Globalisation- TNC's
- BT- operates in over 170 countries
- has merged with companies from USA, germany, italy, south america and south africa
- BT and outsourcing
- british speaking foreigners take over call centres. software development skills
- BT and outsourcing
- has merged with companies from USA, germany, italy, south america and south africa
- BT- operates in over 170 countries
- migration
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