GEO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Baby Boom, Dependency Ratio, Core Countries
12 Apr 2016
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Census: straightforward count of the number of people in a country, region or city. Demography: the study of characteristics of human population. Vital records: report of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and incidence of certain infectious diseases. Biometric census: government physical counts the number of people. But also is photographing and fingerprinting individuals over the age of 15(in india) Crude density: also called arithmetic density, total number of people divided by the total land area. Nutritional density: ratio between the total population and the amount of land under cultivation in a given unit of area. Agricultural density: ratio between the number of agriculturalists per unit of farmable land in a specific area. Baby boom: generation including individuals born between 1946-1964. Considerable amount of country"s resources and energies will be necessary to meet the needs of large number of people who may no longer be contributing in any significant fashion to the creation of wealth necessary for maintenance.
