GEOG 123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Government Spending, Population Connection, Dependency Ratio
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Key issue #1 population: concentration. Key issue #2 population increase: population increase in general, where more people are born than die, nir (natural increase rate, cbr-cdr) has decreased since 1963. Education, increased access to contraception, women entering the work force, decrease in agriculture: societal norms: education, standards, gender expectations, religion. Contraception is not used by some religions or cultures: immigration and migration. Sex ratio: #s of men and women. Key issue #3 demographic transition: stage 1: low growth high cbr + cdr. No countries are currently in this stage: stage 2: high growth very high cbr and a low cdr. Industrial revolution (1750) for western countries and the medical revolution in less developed countries. !1: stage 3: decreasing growth less children, urbanization (social), green and. Medical revolutions: stage 4: low growth low cdr + cbr. Zero population growth (zpg: stage 5: theoretical decline negative nir. Increase in cdr because of the aging populations.
