Population change
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- Created on: 01-06-14 11:20
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- Population
- How is Population affected?
- Birth rate - the number of live births per thousand per year
- Death rate - the number of deaths per thousand per year
- Migration - the movement of people in (immigrants) and out (emigrants) of a country
- Demographic Transition Model
- Stage 1 Br=high Dr=high Totalpop=Low
- Stage 2 Br=high Dr=Falling Totalpop= increasing
- Stage 3 BR=Falling Dr=low Totalpop= Increasing
- Stage 4 Br=low Dr=low Totalpop=high
- Stage 5 Br=low Dr=low Totalpop=low
- Reasons for birth and death rates
- Birth Rates
- Little or no contraception
- Children seen as assets
- Death Rates
- High amount of diseases
- Poor housing or hygiene
- Little or no health care
- Birth Rates
- Coping with over population
- China
- One child policy established in 1979, benefits included cash bonuses, better childcare and longer maternity leave. People with more than 1 child were sacked from jobs, have a abortion, fined an forcibly sterilised.
- China
- Coping with under population
- Singapore
- Few workers to support its ageing population. The policy in the 1960's to reduce the birthrate was so successful a new policy was put in place "have 3 or more - if you can afford it.' Benefits included cheaper nurseries, spacious apartments, preferential access to best schools, $3000 for 1st + 2nd Child, $6000 for 3rd + 4th + counselling discouraged women from abortions
- Singapore
- An ageing population
- HIC's are experiencing it. The UK in 2008 had 10 million people over the age of 65, this is expected to increase to 16 million in the next 20 years
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- Disposable income, more grey ghettos
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- Fewer people in workforce, less tax to help pensions, elderly live in care homes
- Distribution due to human and physical factors
- China
- Physical
- Mountainous areas make it hard to grow crops and lower rainfall leads to drought conditions
- Human
- Economic growth and communications
- Physical
- Uk
- Human
- Employment, Trade and Transport and Accessibility
- Physical
- Resources, climate, relief and soil, flat land
- Human
- China
- How is Population affected?
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