Population Change

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Why is population growing rapidly?
Reduction in death rate in MICs and LICs. the birth rate in many of these countries are still high.
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What are the sparsely populated places in the world?
High land that is mountainous/inhospitable (Himalayas), areas with few resources, areas with extremities of cold or hot (e.g. Siberia and the Sahara Desert) and countries with unstable governments.
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What are the densely populated places in the world?
Low, flat land, areas rich in resources (Coal or oil - France), areas with temperate climates, countries with stable governments and places with good job opportunities.
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What medical factors have caused birth and death rate to change?
New treatments to treat life-threatening diseases are continually being invented to combat disease leading to longer lives and childhood diseases have rapidly decreased.
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What social factors have caused birth and death rate to change?
Educating women provides them with information on ways to control fertility, likely to raise the average age of marriage and delay child-bearing age and some religions do not allow birth control leading to higher birth rate.
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What economic factors have caused birth and death rate to change?
Expensive to have children, couples do not want to change their lifestyles for children and death rate is strongly affected by poverty.
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What are the physical factors affecting the distribution and density of the population in China?
The richer areas have more industry with higher pd. Accessible areas with good communication links. Also densely populated major ports are centres of the industry and situated on the coast.
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What are the human factors affecting the distribution and density of the population in China?
Most densely populated areas are the coastal areas and the fertile floodplains of major rivers. Sparsely populated areas are in the mountainous region in the west of the country.
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What are the physical factors affecting the distribution and density of the population in the UK?
Low density in the Highlands of Scotland with cold weather, infertile soil and difficult transport links. High density in South Wales because of natural resources which led to the growth of manufacturing industries.
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What are the human factors affecting the distribution and density of the population in the UK?
High density in central London which is a magnet for modern industries, attracting workers. High density in oil industrial areas like Aberdeen due to well-established infrastructure.
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What were the incentives of the one-child policy - China Case Study?
Longer maternity leave, free medical care, better child care, free education and cash bonuses.
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What were the disincentives of the one-child policy - China Case Study?
Received heavy fines, sacked from their jobs, another child would result in the loss of their privileges and women with unauthorised pregnancies were pressured too have abortions.
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What has been done to increase Singapore's birth rate?
1987 - Three or more policy
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What were the incentives of the three or more policy?
Cash bonuses, three months maternity leave, three days of paternity leave, five days of paid childcare leave a year and parents can live in large flats.
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What were the disincentives of the three or more policy?
Couples weren't entitled to buy anything more than a three-room flat, no choice of school and do not receive financial packages from the government.
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What is a census?
A county of all people and households in the country. It provides population statistics from a national to a neighbourhood level.
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What are the consequences of an ageing population?
Larger number of unemployed people, taxes likely to increase, greater demand for residential homes and health care, pension age would increase and a greater housing demand.
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What are the consequences of a youthful population?
Childhood diseases can be fatal in poor LICs, large active workforce and large percentage of under 15s in LICs puts a strain on the economy.
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What are the advantages of an ageing population in Japan?
A 'grey boom'. Japan's pensioners are spending more on luxury goods and travelling leading to a growth in the economy. Inspired an array of technology with gadgets for people worried about elderly relatives. e.g. the online kettle.
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What are the disadvantages of an ageing population in Japan in terms of health care?
A new health insurance scheme for the over 75s where the fee received by the hospital from the government for a patient goes down after 100 days as en incentive for shorter hospital stays. Number of people living in nursing homes is increasing.
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What are the disadvantages of an ageing population in Japan in terms of workforce?
Labour force in the 15-24 age bracket, which stood at more than eight million in 1990, will have shrunk to 5.3 million by 2015. Men and women are being encouraged to work after retirement.
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