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The Demographic Transition
The demographic transition model is a model that represents the transformation of a
country's economy and also demonstrates the high crude birth rate, and crude death
rate to the low CBR and CDR
The four stages of the demographic
transition
Stage ...Read More
Here is a collection of links to student created webpages. Pages will be continually added to this page and sorted by topic. I applaud my students in their efforts to create such great pages ... well most of them.lol
Note: you ...Read More
Population density: a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is usually applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. Key geographic term. -Wikipedia.org
2/3 of worlds inhabitants in 4 regions: East, South, and Southeast Asia and Western ...Read More
FRQ Possibilities Themes to Review
Diffusion – 2 types - relocation and expansion (3 subgroups)
Population patterns – MDC and LDC trends, why?
East-West Divide vs. new North-South Divide
MDC vs. LDC – industrial patterns
Outsoucing/offshoring
Thomas Malthus, Ester Boserup and von Thunen (connections)
Von Thunen vs. ...Read More
Overpopulation: The idea that as the amount of people progress, the number of supplies could possibly decrease over an amount of time.
Thomas Malthus (1766)-(1834)
-Argued that the world's population increase was outrunning the development of food supplies.
The Malthus Theory on Overpopulation
-According ...Read More
In our increasingly interconnected and mobile world, infectious diseases are emerging and spreading at an unprecedented rate. An astounding 40 new diseases have been identified since the 1970s, and in the past five years alone, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...Read More
" Man is of all sorts of luggage the most diffcult to be transported." -Adam Smith
Introduction
The United States has often been referred to as a "nation of immigrants." While immigration has historically been the country's foundation, immigration continues to shape ...Read More
8 World Health Threats
What role do health threats play in the populations of different countries?
What are the stages of the epidemiologic transition?
What are examples and reasons for each of these stages?
Are there any epidemics that are more relevant to the ...Read More
Topic: Population Pyramids
Definition- A bar graph that displays a countries population by age and gender.
Below is an example of a Population Pyramid of Gambia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Population_Pyramids_for_Gambia.png
Basic summary: The basic idea of a Population Pyramid is to make it easy for demographers to ...Read More
5. Population Pyramids
What are population pyramids? What data do they show?
How can geographers use population pyramids to better understand the demographics of a country’s population?
What do population pyramids show us that we can’t see using other tools?
What do population pyramids look like ...Read More
