Population Change
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- Population Change
- Characteristics of each Stage of Development
- STAGE 1 - little medicine, low life expectancy, no birth control.
- STAGE 2 - decrease in death rate, improvements in medicine and hygiene, life expectancy increases, birth rate slightly increases
- STAGE 3 - death rate decreases, birth rate decreases.
- STAGE 4 - birth and death rates are both low, low fluctuating stage.
- STAGE 5 - death rate increases,
- Sustainable Population
- sustainable population is one whose growth and development is at a rate that does not threaten the success of future generations
- stage 4 is the most sustainable
- stage 5 populations are not sustainble
- Sustainable Population
- sustainable population is one whose growth and development is at a rate that does not threaten the success of future generations
- stage 4 is the most sustainable
- stage 5 populations are not sustainble
- stage 5 populations are not sustainble
- standard of living is maintained or improving
- Sustainable Population
- stage 5 populations are not sustainble
- standard of living is maintained or improving
- An Ageing Population
- Problems
- health and fitness: leads to an increases in degenerative diseases
- housing: requires more specifically designed homes e.g. house without stairs
- increasing health care needs: move into sheltered accommodation or nursing homes
- pensions: living longer = claiming state pensions for longer
- fewer workers: decrease in working population
- Impacts
- the annual cost of caring for people with dementia is expected to double to £47 billion within 20yrs
- smaller working population = less income tax = national insurance will be paid to the government
- Strategies to Cope with an Ageing Population
- building a society for all ages
- help the UK adapt to its ageing population
- persuade people to have more babies
- change the country's population structure, increase the working population
- ability to pay for pensions
- change the country's population structure, increase the working population
- building a society for all ages
- Ageing in the \eu
- birth rates are very low
- so low that they may decrease even more
- later motherhood
- birth rates are very low
- so low that they may decrease even more
- later motherhood
- later motherhood
- so low that they may decrease even more
- birth rates are very low
- later motherhood
- so low that they may decrease even more
- fewer parents
- fewer children are born
- fewer parents
- 1.5 babies were born to each woman but 2.1 are needed for the population to be sustainable
- birth rates are very low
- Problems
- Migration - Poland to UK
- 2008, over 850,000 people had registered to work in the UK
- 60% came for financial reasons, and because of unemployment in Poland
- 85% were under 34
- 31% came for personal and professional development
- 18% wanted to get away from the political and economic situation in Poland
- 15% wanted to stay permatly
- nearly 30% had a degree or similar qualification
- Push Factors: not enough jobs, low wages, poor educational opportunities, poor healthcare, war with another country, civil war and lawlessness, drought and famine
- Pull Factors: hope of finding a job, higher wages than at home, better healthcare, chance of a better education, a better standard of living, family and friends have moved there already, lower levels of crime, and safety from conflict
- Impacts
- UK
- provide a hard-working, motivated, workforce
- fill skills shortages
- contribute to the local and national economy
- tend to be young, so they help to balance the UK's ageing population
- can put a strain on local services, such as schools and housing
- Poland
- in 2005/2006 around £4 billion was sent back to Poland from abroad
- fewer unemployed people have been left looking for jobs in Poland
- labour shortages have been caused in the service, building and science industries
- people from other countries, such as the Ukraine and Belarus, have been invited to work in Poland to help fill the shortages
- people from other countries, such as the Ukraine and Belarus, have been invited to work in Poland to help fill the shortages
- UK
- Characteristics of each Stage of Development
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