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Population change definitions
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- 1exponential growtha pattern where the growth rate constantly increases, often shown as a J curve
- 2birth ratenumber of babies born per 1,000 people per year
- 3death ratenumber of deaths per 1,000 people per year
- 4natural increasethe birth rate is greater than the death rate
- 5natural decreasethe death rate is greater than the birth rate
- 6newly industrialising countriesthese include the Asian tigers as well as other emerging industrial nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines and China
- 7Asian tigerone 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
- 8age structurethe proportions of each age group in a population. this links closely to the stage a country has reached in the DTM
- 9gender structurethe balance between males and females in a population. small differences can tell us a great deal about a country or city
- 10infant mortalitynumber of babies that die under a year of age, per 1,000 live births
- 11child mortalitynumber of children that die under 5yrs of age per 1,000 live births
- 12sustainable populationone whose growth and development is at a rate that does not threaten the success of future generations
- 13migrationthe movement of people from one home to another with the intention of staying at least a year
- 14internal migration/national migrationwhen people move within the same country or region
- 15international migrationwhen people move from one country to another
- 16emigrationwhen someone leaves a country with the intention of living in another country
- 17immigrationwhen someone enters a country with the intention of living there
- 18economic migrationcould mean moving to find work, or improve their standard of living, who moves voluntarily
- 19social migrationmoving to be near family
- 20political migrationcan be moving to escape war
- 21environmental migrationmoving to escape natural disasters
- 22push factorsnegative aspects of a place that encourage people to move away
- 23pull factorsthe attractions and opportunities of a place that encourage people to move there
- 24country of originwhen the migration starts
- 25destination country/receiving countrythe country where a migrant settles
- 26refugeea 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
- 27asylum seekera 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
- 28seasonal workera 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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