SOC312H1 Lecture 2: Week 2- Ch1 and 2.docx
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Is it over a period of a year, a five year period. Collection of people at a particular time with a set order. There could be seasonal variability (homeless population) What are the boundaries (municipal, social psychology boundaries, natural, etc. ) Both aspects of stasis (a snapshot, only a moment in time) Demographic metabolism (pg 4): process of population being continually renewed through processes of fertility/mortality, in migration and out migration. We need to look at the change over time. Challenges of defining the boundaries of a population. Varies of time of week, season, etc. Idea of limitless growth: we can grow ourselves out of our problems; through technology and growth we can develop food, housing, deal with a larger world population. Rectangularization of the age structure the size of the younger people get smaller relative to the top. (what we"re dealing with in many societies) Some new societies, with young children or few children live more in suburbs.
