Population change definitions

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geography AQA GCSE definitions for the population change topic
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exponential growth a pattern where the growth rate constantly increases, often shown as a J curve
birth rate number of babies born per 1,000 people per year
death rate number of deaths per 1,000 people per year
natural increase the birth rate is greater than the death rate
natural decrease the death rate is greater than the birth rate
newly industrialising countries these include the Asian tigers as well as other emerging industrial nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines and China
Asian tiger one of the 4 east asian countries of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, where manufacturing industry grew rapidly from the 60s to the 90s
age structure the proportions of each age group in a population. this links closely to the stage a country has reached in the DTM
gender structure the balance between males and females in a population. small differences can tell us a great deal about a country or city
infant mortality number of babies that die under a year of age, per 1,000 live births
child mortality number of children that die under 5yrs of age per 1,000 live births
sustainable population one whose growth and development is at a rate that does not threaten the success of future generations
migration the movement of people from one home to another with the intention of staying at least a year
internal migration/national migration when people move within the same country or region
international migration when people move from one country to another
emigration when someone leaves a country with the intention of living in another country
immigration when someone enters a country with the intention of living there
economic migration could mean moving to find work, or improve their standard of living, who moves voluntarily
social migration moving to be near family
political migration can be moving to escape war
environmental migration moving to escape natural disasters
push factors negative aspects of a place that encourage people to move away
pull factors the attractions and opportunities of a place that encourage people to move there
country of origin when the migration starts
destination country/receiving country the country where a migrant settles
refugee a person who has been forces to leave their country because it is not same for them to stay because of persecution or war, and who has been granted permission to stay in a country where they feel safe
asylum seeker a person who has left their home in a country where they eel unsafe because of persecution of war, and has applied to stay in another country where they feel safe. If they are allowed to stay they are called a refugee
seasonal worker a person who has a right to work and live in a country for a short time. A person who has left their country to make their QOL better
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