GGR208H5 Lecture Notes - Soil Fertility, Dependency Ratio, Population Geography
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Definition: population geography is the study of the ways in which spatial variation in the distribution, composition, migration and growth of population are related to the nature of places" (ogden, 2001: 599). Spatial variation" means that population is different in different places and they are different in terms of: The nature of places" means that places have characteristics that affect how people live in those places. Population geographers study groups of people and how and why they grow and shrink. Local (mississauga), regional (ontario), national (canada), international (the world) The people who measure fertility, mortality, and migration rate are demographers. Population change = fertility mortality +/- migration. Population geography studies the meaning behind the numbers (qualitative) note: population. Population geography is about the meaning, theory, and explanation (the whys") of populations and why population changes. Important geographical issues we hear about in human geography are related to patterns of growth.
