Population Dynamics- mind map
- Created by: Lotte Waxman
- Created on: 06-12-12 09:30
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- Population Dynamics
- Migration
- Refugees- Flee for fear: e.g. War or natural disasters
- Asylum seeker- someone who pretends to be a refugee. Most AS from Samalia, Afganistan and the middle east. AS are forbidden from working and get no health care
- Indian and asians came to England. People who mainly cross illegally are from Australia. Migrants get less help and limited earnings and higher taxes
- Remittances- Money sent home to families from migrants
- People migrate for: Work, better quality of life, no tax, better education
- Policies
- Guest worker- Programmes in which migrants stay for an agreed time
- Quotas- A limited number allowed in- varies in different countries
- Skills test
- e-Borders schemes- Migrants monitored closely
- Open-door policy- no restrictions
- Population Problems
- Population Policies
- Impact on animals
- Disease
- Less space
- Pollution increase
- Lack of natural resources
- Fight for susrival
- Key Definitions
- Birth rate- The number of children born per 1000 per year
- Death rate- The number of people who have died per 1000 per year
- Natural increase-Birthrate take away death rate
- Life expectancy- The average age at which people die in a population
- Infant mortality-The number of children under the age of one who die per 1000 per year
- Fertility rate-the number of children that women have in their lifetime
- Population policies
- Anit-natalist policy: (China)
- why: Population was growing rapidly. The political leader decided the population was too big.
- One child policy- 1979. Couples who did not sign up were punished. Forced sterilisation in some places
- Birth rate continued to fall. China fertility rate of 1.7
- Pro-natalist policy: Singapore
- Worried that its only resource is its population so now early marriage and larger families are encouraged
- Couples with 3 or more children pay lower taxes, have better housing and more education choices
- Anit-natalist policy: (China)
- Migration
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