GEOG 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Black British, Baby Boom, Immigration
Document Summary
Series of riots starting in 1981 that have continued over the years. They were the first large scale racial confrontations between black british youth and white british police. The rioting was sparked by antagonism between black youths and police. Complex history between britain and its former colonies. Britain is a european country but is separated somewhat. Population growing in some regions, declining in others. Average family size is now below official replacement rate to 1. 5 per family in. Baby boom after wwii was followed by a baby bust. Dramatic increase in the proportion of people over the age of 65. International migration flows in post wwii given the scale of the destruction migrations helped cause the decline of the british and french empires. Europe"s culture is distinctive at a global scale, but regionally variable, and increasingly complex. 300 languages spoken in london, and at least 50 non-indigenous communities with a population of over 10,000.
