SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Census Geographic Units Of Canada, Demographic Transition, Food First
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Slow population growth in canada yet worldwide a signi cant increase: the world"s population of 7. 4 billion in 2016 increases by 80 million a year, by 2050, there will be over 9 billion people. Demography: the sub eld of sociology that examines population size composition and distribution, demography is important because the nature of population affects all aspects of social life. Increases or decreases in population have a powerful impact on the social, economic and political structures of societies. Population: demographers de ne population as a group of people who live in a speci ed geographic area, changes in populations occur as a result of three processes: Fertility (births: mortality (deaths, migrations (movement from one place to another) Population issues and urban growth: the demographic transition. From the 1960s onward, wealthier nations were faced with fertility rates below with the replacement level when births and deaths balance and the population remains stable.
