GEOG101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Demographic Transition, Sub-Saharan Africa, One-Child Policy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Brent Doberstein

Document Summary

Describe each stage of the demographic transition model and explain what happens to birth and death rates as a country develops. Stage 1: high birth and death rates a lot of children are born, but high birth rate is offset by a lot of deaths. War, famine, disease and generally poor healthcare keeps death rates high. Population tends to stay the same size because births and deaths cancel each other out. Stage 2: lower death rates and high birth rates. Death rates decline due to two factors: increased harvests - reduce death and illnesses related to malnutrition/famine improved sanitary conditions reduce disease-related deaths. Birth rates increased slightly due to factory jobs, marrying and starting family at younger age total population grows. Stage 3: lower birth rates and death rates children become less important. Birth rates are still higher than death rates. Overall population growth slows and levels off. Both birth and death rates have leveled off.