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Global change: Changing population (Synthesis opps (The relative…
Global change: Changing population
Synthesis opps
The relative importance of different influences on where people live and spatial interactions between places at varying scales
How the impacts of population change and spatial interactions between places can be categorized and represented graphically
How population change may affect the power balance between groups of people at local, national and international scales
Causes and consequences of changing populations at different
Interpreting and analysing data and graphic representations of where a population is at in change
Evaluate population policies
Examine the power of demographic forces to affect change (positive e.g. demographic dividend)
Ideas
Changing population
Population and economic development patterns:
How population varies between places
Physical and human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale
(Describe and define) Global patterns and classification of economic development.
LIC
MIC emerging economies
HIC
Indicators
Population distribution and economic development at the national scale, including voluntary internal migration, core-periphery patterns and megacity growth.
Two detailed and contrasting examples of uneven population distribution
Rural-urban internal migration
Changing populations and places:
Processes of population change and their effect on people and places
Population change and demographic transition over time, including natural increase, fertility rate, life expectancy, population structure and dependency ratios
Detailed examples of two or more contrasting countries
Demographic transition
The consequences of megacity growth for individuals and societies
One case study of a contemporary megacity experiencing rapid growth
Rural-urban migration causes and consequences
The causes and consequences of forced migration and internal displacement
Detailed examples of two or more forced movements, to include environmental and political push factors, and consequences for people and places
Challenges and opportunities:
Population possibilities and power over the decision-making process
Global and regional/continental trends in family size, sex ratios, and ageing/greying
Policies associated with managing population change, focusing on:
policies related to ageing societies
pro-natalist or anti-natalist policies
gender equality policies and anti-trafficking policies
The demographic dividend and the ways in which population could be considered a resource when contemplating possible futures:
One case study of a country benefiting from a demographic dividend