SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Mortality Rate, Population Pyramid, Baby Boom
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Demography: the study of population: demography: subfield of sociology that examines population size, composition, & distribution, population: group of people who live in specified geographical area. Little population growth bc high birth & death rates: stage 2: early industrialization: population growth bc birth rates high while death rates decline. Promotion of high fertility. (many developing nations are in this stage: stage 3: advanced industrialization & urbanization: little pop. Growth bc low birth & death rates: stage 4: post-industrialization: birth rates continue to decline. Population grows slowly: best explains development in western societies. Industrial cities: emergence of factories and technology, central city: densely populated centre of a metropolis, metropolis: one or more central cities & their surrounding suburbs that dominate economic. & cultural life of a region: high death rate due to spread of epidemic diseases, post-industrial cities, economy shift to services, dominated by light industry (computer software manufacturing, medical centres, malls, etc )
