Canada and Niger

Canada and Niger

1. Canada

   • Human setting
     • large country with a small pop of about 35mill - sparsely populated but the cities = denselypopulated
       • largest cities in the south east bordering the USA
     • smaller cons appear in the southern and west coast.
       • the economy is based on its tertiary sector - financial + manufacturing services
         • but also has thriving financial and oil industries
         • tertiary sector = when they focus on the way services are invested
     • multicultural society - welcomes immigrants and accepts diff cultures
   • physical setting
     • has a range of climates - arctic, temperate continental
     • western canada = mountainous and southern central = rolling fertile plains
       • north = lots of mountains, lots of taiga and tundra
     • very rich in mineral resources
   • application to demographic transition model
     • canada = low BR and DR and low natural increase - places its demographics in stage 4- even tho its a rich country it has not progressed into stage 5; it controls immigration
     • its a rich country - money and resources so can cope with increasing pop - wants to keep a balanced pop structure to avoid becoming an ageing pop

2. Niger

   • physical setting
     • arid, subtropical climate, north and east = SAHARA desert - terrain = desert and sand dunes
     • extreme south = tropical climate near the edge of niger river basin
     • areas that aren't desires are threatened by droughts and desertification
       • recurring droughts = hazard and is occurring more due to climate change
   • human setting
     • sparsely populated, espesh the north, higher conc of ppl in the south alone the niger basin
     • economy = reliant on the primary sector - espesh the mining and agriculture industry
     • most live in rural areas and are subsistence farmers, Niger = rich in uranium deposits and started producing oil in 2010
     • 90% + of the pop = muslim
     • drought failed crops, inset plagues and internal conflicts have lead to food shortages, high food prices and hunger for many
   • application to demographic transition model
     • stage 2 - high birth rates and low and fallen death rates - death rates are much lower than would be expected for this stage
       • partly due the large pop of your people and gov has made good strides to decrease child mortality
         • child mortality is reduced due to decreasing hunger and malnutrition and improving health care - been supported by the NGOs such as SAVE THE CHILDEREN