unit 2 population: additional terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 "baby boomer" | (people born between 1946 and 1964) consists of people whose parents established families following the end of World War II and during the 1950s when peace time economy was strong and stable |
| carrying capacity | number of people an environment can support without negative effects |
| demographic momentum | Tendency of a population to grow in spite of stringent population policies because of the large number of individuals in their childbearing years |
| gendered space | areas or regions designed for men or women (cultural influences and restrictions on women) |
| population policy | official government policy designed to effect any or all of several objectives, including the size, composition, and distribution of population-can be expansive, eugenic, or restrictive |
| expansive population policy | government policy that encourages large families and raises the rate of population growth. Ex: communist China, France&japan |
| eugenic population policy | to favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others. Ex: Nazi Germany |
| restrictive population policy | a governmental policy designed to reduce the growth of the population |
| population program | method(s) of meeting population policy goals |
| counter migration | the return of migrants to the regions from which they earlier emigrated |
| preadaptation | when migrating groups seek familiar environments; precondition for success. Ex: Scandinavian migration to northern Midwest |
| step migration | village-town-city-major metropolitan area |
| transhumance | The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures. |
| transnational migration | Having two households simultaneously in more than one country |
| locational circumstances | physical characteristics, food supply, resource base, level of economic development, health conditions |
| world population distribution | n/s divide, majority in small area, lower elevations, oceans |
| epidemiological transition model | leading cause of death in DTM stages s1-infectious diseases, famine s2-reduce pandemic diseases s3-age-related/degenerative&man-made diseases s4-delayed degenerative diseases |
| 1. return to s1 by increasing CDR(take away medicine) 2. move to s2/3 by decreasing CBR(economic development, contraceptives) *solution=economic growth+contraceptives | ways to decrease NIR |
| human capitol | the knowledge and skills that workers acquire through education, training, and experience. |
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