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38 Cards in this Set
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Number of births per 1000 people |
Birth rate |
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Number of deaths per 1000 people |
Death rate |
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Difference between the birth and death rate |
Natural increase |
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# of immigrants per 1000 of pop |
Immigration rate |
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# of people per 1000 within 1 year who emigrate |
Emigration rate |
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Difference between immigration and emigration |
Net migration |
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Increase in # of people who reside in a country
(BR+IM) - (DR+EM) |
Total pop growth |
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Disadvantageous situation in which a solution leads to another problem |
Vicious cycle |
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Advantageous situation in which a solution leads to another success |
Virtuous Cycle |
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Combo of high fertility and declining mortality resulting in high pop growth |
Demographic trap |
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High fertility and high mortality resulting in zero population growth |
Demographic fatigue |
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Pop that is not in the workforce... <14 and >65 |
Dependency load |
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Causes people to emigrate (war, terrorism) |
Push factor |
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Factor that draws immigrants to a country (lower taxes, lower taxes) |
Pull factor |
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System for ranking candidates to choose best immigrant to enter the country |
Points system |
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Someone coming into the country to work and add to the economy |
Federal skills worker |
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A way of bringing family into the country depending on how many and income |
Family sponsorship |
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Minimum income to be able to sponsor someone and support them after bringing them into the country |
Minimum necessary income |
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Event or factor that discourages people from migrating from one place to another |
Intervening obstacle |
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Outside of towns and cities |
Rural |
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Towns and cities of 1000 or more |
Urban |
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Unplanned, uncontrolled spreading of urban development into areas adjoining the edges of a city |
Urban sprawl |
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A low concentration of people |
Low density |
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Everyday uses are separated from each other and land uses of the same type are grouped together |
Single use zoning |
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Planned economic and community development that attempts to curb urban sprawl and worsening environmental conditions |
Smart growth |
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Using existing infrastructure to save resources and costs |
Intensification |
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BR high, DR high -- natural increase/decrease is stable |
DTM (demographic transition model)
Stage 1 |
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BR high, DR falls rapidly -- nat in/dec rapid increase |
DTM Demographic transition model
Stage 2 |
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BR high, DR low/falling nat in/dec going up but slows |
DTM stage 3 |
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BR low , DR low bat increase slow and steady at end |
DTM stage 4 |
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BR really low, DR low but increasing nat in/dec decreasing |
DTM stage 5 |
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Not automobile dependent |
Active transportation |
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Person who migrated to another country out of fear of cruel of inhumane treatment (or even death) in his or her own country |
Refugee |
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Growth plan in place to develop areas in Ontario to curb urban sprawl |
Places to grow |
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Put in light rail along the central spine of hurontario street |
Big move project |
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Land that has not been developed, but are not protected from future urban development |
White belt |
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Everything a person requires on a day to day basis can be within their individual communities |
Mixed used zoning/ complete communities |
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A large concentration of people |
High density |