GEOG100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: U.S. Route 8, Demographic Transition, Growth Factor
6 Feb 2016
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Population geography: an are of geography concentrating on spatial implications (e. g total numbers and composition, limits and controls, trends and patterns) Risen because of decrease in child mortality rate, improvements in sanitation and advancements in medicine. Arithmetic (crude) density: divide a country"s population by its total land area (people/km2) Physiological (ecological) density: divide a country"s population by its arable land area (people/km2 of farmland) The demographic equation = current population + Natural increase (births deaths) + net immigration (immigrants emigrants) Crude birth rate (cbr) - # of children born per year in a population per 1000 people. Total fertility rate (tfr) - # of children a woman can be expected to have in her lifetime given current fertility rates. Crude death rate (cdr) - # of deaths per year in a population per 1000 people. Infant mortality rate (imr) - # of infants who die before the are of 1 divided by all births multiplied by.
