Geography 1400F/G Lecture : Geo 1400 Lecture 4
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Geo lecture 4: geography of population: fertility, mortality, distribution and density and migration. Growth by the numbers: world 7. 2 billion + 215,000 daily (1. 1%) India 1. 2 billion + 42,000 daily (1. 24%: china 1. 4 billion + 23,000 daily (0. 61%, canada 35. 4 million + 1,000 daily (1. 0%) 20th century the century of population explosion : overwhelmingly occurring in developing countries. Canada"s population distribution: uneven distribution of canada"s population, 70% south of 49th parallel, within 300km of border, 80% in cities, mtv (montreal toronto vancouver) = 35, divided land, ecumene (permantly populated part of land) vs. nonecumene (rural areas) 3 core measures: fertility population growth mortality, migration. Doesn"t account for men, elderly women: general fertility rate (gfr): fecund age range: actual number of live births per 1,000 women in the, ex. Those years in which a women has the ability to conceive (15-49) o: issues: