GCSE AQA Geog A - Population

• Agricultrual change
• Urbanisation
• Education
• Status of women

Social

• Services cannot cope
• Food and housing shortages

Economic

• Unemployment
• Increased poverty

Political

• Fewer older people - less pensions
• Government focuses on policies for younger people - majority of population is young
• Policies to control growth needed

Issue 1 - Healthcare

• Demand increasing
• More GP/hospital visits
• Need to find funding

Issue 2 - Social Services

• Need other services such as nursing homes
• Finanical pressure on the country
• Need more unpaid workers

Issue 3 - Pension

• HIgher life expectancy
• People expect pensions
• Elderly people increasing, working population decreaisng so increased taxes

Issue 4 - Econmony 

• Less money spent on things that will help the ecomony grow, such as businesses
• More money spent on things that won't benfit the economy such as retirement homes

• Increase retirement age
• Employment of older people
• Raise taxtes for working populations

To solve plunging birth rates:

• Give incentives to young couples to have more children
• Encourage immigration of young people

Push factors:

• Unemployment
• Lack of services
• Poor safety and security
• High crime rates
• Crop failure
• Drought/flood, poverty, war

Pull Factors:

• Employment
• Better services
• Safer atmosphere
• Polictical security
• Low crime rates
• Less risk or natural hazards
• Fertile land

To receiving country:

• Migrants bring skills and labour
• Motivated workforce
• Pay taxes
• Cultural mixing

To source regions:

• Money sent home - improves standard of living
• Improved spoken english - helps to get a better job 

To receiving country:

• Money leaves country
• Pressure on schools/facilities
• Conflict with locals
• Unemployment for others

To source regions:

• Family members left behind
• Skilled people missed