Population Geography



Unit Outline

I.  Population Data Reliability
	A.  Census Biases
	B.  Choropleth Map Implications
	C.  Population Pyramids

II.  Concentrations of People and Density
	A.  Where People Are
		1.  East Asia
		2.  South Asia
		3.  Europe
		4.  North America
	B.  Density
		1.  Arithmetic
		2.  Physiologic
		3.  Agricultural
		4.  Settlement
III.  Growth Patterns Over Time
	A.  J-Curve
	B.  Global Scale
IV.  Thomas Malthus
	A.  Pro
	B.  Con
V.  Population Structure
	A.  Population Pyramids
	B.  Dependency Ratio
	C.  Cohort
	D.  Life Expectancy
	E.  Gender Patterns
VI.  Natural Increase
	A.  Birth Rate
	B.  Death Rate
	C.  Doubling Time
VII.  Demographic Transition
	A.  European Model
	B.  Rest of the World
VIII.  Population Policies
	A.  Family Planning
	B.  Abortion
	C.  China
IX.  Impacts on Environment
X.  Medical Geography
	A.  Spatial Patterns of Disease
	B.  How Disease Spreads
	C.  Accessibility to Health Care
	D.  Traditional Medicine
		1.  Acupuncture
		2.  Herbal Cures
	E.  Infant/Maternal Mortality
	F.  Dietary Patterns
		1.  Caloric Intake
		2.  Malnutrition

MIGRATION
I.  Catalysts and Barriers
	A.  Reasons to Migrate
	B.  Obstacles to Migration
II.  Voluntary Migration
	A.  Push and Pull Factors
		1.  Crime
		2.  Weather
		3.  Cost of Living
		4.  Health Care
	B.  Patterns of Migration
		1.  Channelized (Chain)
		2.  Hierarchical
		3.  Transhumance
		4.  Internal
		5.  External
	C.  Immigration Policy
		1.  Immigration Laws
		2.  Quotas
III.  Forced Migration
	A.  Slavery
	B.  Refugees
	C.  Causes of Refugee Movements
		1.  War
		2.  Independence
		3.  Famine
		4.  Government Ideology
	D.  Regions of Dislocation
		1.  Africa
		2.  Eastern Europe

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