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Population (geography) mock
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- 1China's one child policy: AdvantagesIf your first child is a girl you are allowed to have another child, or if both parent are themselves only-children.
Parents in China receive the cost of child care and medical expenses.
This policy has reduced the pressure of population growth on the society.
Population had reduced by 400 million. - 2China's one policy: disadvantagesChina's sex ratio at birth is more imbalanced than the global average. There are 113 boy born in china for every 100 girls.
The single amount of children has created 'little Emperor syndrome' implying that this generation is growing up isolated and un-socialized.
by 2050 quarter of the population will be over 65.(less people working to support the elderly)
forced to sterilization which is against the human rights.
baby girls being sold - 3China's one child policy (updates)-People living in urban areas can have second child to reduse mannual work.
-Only child parent can have 2 children do the burden to look after family is reduced so the responsibility is divided in two.
-Disabled children - to satisfy the parents.
-If parents are part of a min-only rate e.g. Han race parents are allowed to have more so the race does not die down.
-March 2016 encouraging 2 kids - 4Population breakdown: Kerala ( China's one child policy)Kerala is located in the south west coast of India. Population: 32 million. stage 4 of the DTM. Ruled by a socialist/ communist government. High life expectancy.
- 5Population breakdown: Kerala (improvements made)Men and women are being educated.
85% of women in Kerala are literate. Educated women keep their children healthy do the infant mortality has dropped.
this started scene the 1960s. - 6Population breakdown: Kerala (improvements made) 2Contraception is more widely available, small villages being educated about benefits of smaller family.
Women statue=improved significantly, regarded as a asset, men women treated equally.
Frist child maternity leave allowed.
smaller families = extra retirement benefits - 7Demographic transition Model
- 8Changes in population sturcturePopulation structure means the 'make up' or composition of a population. Looking at the population structure of a place shows how the population is divided up between males and females of different age groups.
Population structure is usually shown using a population pyramid. - 9TourismTourism
- 10The importance of tourism on different parts of the world (Dubai) OPE =Oil Producing EconomyLocated in Arabian Gulf coast.
Essential jobs are created. But Dubai rely heavily on tourism to provide income.
Number of hotel and apartment bed nights has increased by 2 to 3 per cent.
5.4 million people visited the principality in 2004.
famous because its duty free shopping malls, Emirates package deals (children go free)
Sightseeing : markets, Zoos, watersports, and Burj kalifa. - 11Ecotourism (Galapagos)-Environmentally friendly tourism.
Some sites are over used, oil from boats can polluate the area and the island water supply is put under pressure. - 12GalapagosAn eight-day cruise costs £800 without flights.
The Galapagos Conservation trust receives £25 (conservation in the island) from every visitor out of the price of their holiday.
The tour boat are owned by the locals which allows 10 to 16 tourists, they are given accurate information and prevented them from causing damage. - 13Galapagos benefitsEnvironmental: the galapagos have a fragile environment with so many limitations for agriculture and other basic industries that opportunities for development without environmental damage are few.
Economic: local business have been started to provide the needs of tourists. Tourists usually stay in small guest houses often run as family businesses. Companies have grown up to provide boats trips around island and between the island.
Economic: people are employed in guest houses, on boats and guides. The income is enough to make a difference to a household. - 14UK national park (late district) disadvantages-Overcrowding (honeypot site) : More people come this means more damage to the area, also people demand more as Cafe, results more businesses will appear, after time results into loosing the idea of nature.
-Erosion of rocks and soil: hiking cause erosion and car driving on the soil.
-Litter: people through their trash anywhere which is bad for the habitats.
-Traffic congestion: So many cars causing pollution
Tourists were leaving gates open so livestocks may escape.
Tourists would go swimming in the lakes polluting them.
Destruction of vegetations
The prices of grocery would go up so the shop keeper could get more profit but to expensive of the locals also the house prices would go up. - 15UK National park (lake district) changes madeplanning a efficient root, take public transports, no haz for parking your car.
Repairing footpaths improves appearance and encourages people to stay on the path.
Parking fence of roadsides so people cannot damage verges.
Bins should be provided at key points and emptied regularly. - 16Blackpool1 Exploration: in 19th century rich people went to Blackpool to visit its beach.
2 Involvement/ Development: the Blackpool tower was built 'Pleasure beach'. 3 Consolidation: 1846 the railway was built, cutting cost and time to go to Blackpool so people went there on the weekend worker were given holidays, Blackpool was leading coastal resort in Europe .
4 Stagnation: after WW2 people stared giving package deals , cheap air transport.
5 Decline: has run down areas and is mainly popular for hen parties with cause people getting drunk and doing crimes. - 17Blackpool 6 RejuvenationCasino increases money and easy way to get tourists time for business men because the labour party have all of their conferences there.
Blackpool Council is working with the Environment Agency to make the quietly of the water better.
They put shopping malls.
Sea life centres aimed for families.
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