GEOG 205 Lecture 18: GEOG - 10-28
7 Dec 2015
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4 courses, so like a semester in the field. Block week course before to learn how to do field work. Urban and culturual focused one that goes to iceland and northern europe - 6 weeks, 4 courses, Demographic theory called demographic tansition based on the birth rate curve and the death rate curve. Japan has highest life expectancy rate for both men and women (over 80 or 88?). Shortest life expectancies sub-saharan africa, one very much lower than the entire region, southern part like. Zimbabe, namibia, botswana, mozambique, malawi due to hiv. Literacy. in some words 80% illiteracy especially where females are concerned. China"s pop has been slow growing and is almost stable now due to government policy in effect since the 70"s. In india, govt policy also to control pop growth but tougher to implement due to political systems. India is a democracy while china is a one-party system that enforces the decree.
