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POPULATION VOCAB

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  1. 1AGE DISTRIBUTIONPercentage of the total population, or the population of each sex, at each age level.
  2. 2CARRYING CAPACITYof a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
  3. 3COHORTIn statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared a particular event together during a particular time span. Cohorts may be tracked over extended periods in a cohort study
  4. 4DEMOGRAPHIC EQUATIONA mathematical determination of the changes in a population
  5. 5DEMOGRAPHIC MOMENTUMThe tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic transition model.
  6. 6DEMOGRAPHIC REGIONSAny defined area or unit of the surface of the earth that you wish to analyze demographically and spatially.
  7. 7DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODELRefers to the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system
  8. 8DEPENDENCY RATIOis an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those typically in the labor force (the productive part). It is used to measure the pressure on productive population.
  9. 9DIFFUSION OF FERTILITY CONTROLthe spread of birth control in an area
  10. 10DISEASE DIFFUSIONoccurs when a disease is transmitted to a new location
  11. 11DOUBLING TIMEis the period of time required for a quantity to double in size or value
  12. 12ECUMENEIs a term used by geographers to mean inhabited land
  13. 13EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITIONis a phase of development witnessed by a sudden and stark increase in population growth rates brought about by medical innovation in disease or sickness therapy and treatment, followed by a re-leveling of population growth from subsequent declines
  14. 14GENDERED SPACEareas or regions designed for men or women.
  15. 15INFANT MORTALITYis the death of a child less than one year of age. It is measured as infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births.
  16. 16J-CURVEa growth curve that depicts exponential growth; shaped like a "J".
  17. 17MaladaptationThis is an adaptation that has become less helpful than harmful. This relates to human geography because it has become less and less suitable and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on. Which shows as the world changes so do the things surrounding it
  18. 18Mortalitydeath rate in a population; the probability of dying.
  19. 19Natalitythe ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area.
  20. 20Neo-Malthusiantheory building upon malthus'. it takes into account population growth in LDC and outstripping of resources.
  21. 21OVERPOPULATIONMORE PEOPLE THEN RESOURCES
  22. 22Population Densitiesmeasurement of the number of people per given unit of land.
  23. 23POPULATION DISTRUBUTIONSThe arrangement of a people across space. The main distributions are concentrated in Asia and Europe. Globally, most people are found in the northern hemisphere, along coastal waterways.
  24. 24POPULATION EXPLOSIONgrowth of a population at exponential rates to a size that exceeds environmental carrying capacity; usually followed by a population crash.
  25. 25POPULATION PROJECTIONpredicts the future population of an area or the world. Helps predict future problems with population such as overpopulation or under population of a certain race or ethnicity.
  26. 26Rate of Natural Increasethe percentage by which a population grows in a year
  27. 27S-Curvea curve that depicts logistic growth; shape of an "S".
  28. 28Standard of Livingthe quality of life based on the possession of necessities and luxuries that make life easier.
  29. 29Sustainabilitythe ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
  30. 30Underpopulationcircumstances of too few people to sufficiently develop the resources of a country or region to improve the level of living of its inhabitants.
  31. 31ZERO POPULATIONgrowth, sometimes abbreviated ZPG (also called the replacement level of fertility), is a condition of demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor declines, considered as a social aim by some.
  32. 32ACTIVITY SPACEThe area within which people move freely on their rounds of regular activity
  33. 33CHAIN MIGRATIONThe process by which migration movements from a common home area to a specific destination are sustained by links of friendship or kinship between first movers and later followers.
  34. 34CYCLIC MOVEMENTMovement - for example, nomadic migration - that has closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally
  35. 35distance decayThe declining intensity of any activity, process or function with increasing distance from its point of origin.
  36. 36gravity modelA mathematical prediction of the interaction between two bodies as a function of their size and of the distance separating them. Henry C. Carey adapted Newton's formulation to demonstrate the theoretical interaction between two cities
  37. 37personal spaceAn invisible, usually irregular area around a person into which he or she does not willingly admit others. The sense ( and extent) of personal space is a situational and cultural variable.
  38. 38place utility1.In human movement and migration studies, a measure of an individual's perceived satisfaction or approval of a place in its social, economic, or environmental attributes. 2: In economic geography, the value imparted to goods or services by tertiary activities that provide things needed in specific markets.
  39. 39push factorUnfavorable characteristics of a locale that contribute to the dissatisfaction of its residents and impel their emigration.
  40. 40PULL FACTORCharacteristics of a locale that act as attractive forces, drawing migrants from other regions.
  41. 41space-time prismA diagram of the volume of space and the length of time within which our activities are confined by constraints of our bodily needs (eating, resting) and the means of mobility at our command.
  42. 42step migrationA migration in which an eventual long-distance relocation is undertaken in stages as, for example, from farm to village to small town to city.
  43. 43refugeespeople who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek asylum in another country
  44. 44transhumancea seasonal periodic movement of pastorarists and their livestock between highland and lowland
  45. 45voluntary migrationmovement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity; not forced.

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