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Europe. Current News and Weather Population and Settlement Beyond the Demographic Transition Religious Tension Geopolitical Framework For Next Class: Read Bezruchka 2012 Reminder: Exam III on April 7. Population and Settlement. Figure 8.13. Slow or negative RNI High densities.

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  1. Europe • Current News and Weather • Population and Settlement • Beyond the Demographic Transition • Religious Tension • Geopolitical Framework For Next Class: Read Bezruchka 2012 Reminder: Exam III on April 7.

  2. Population and Settlement Figure 8.13

  3. Slow or negative RNI • High densities Demographic Trends

  4. Group Assignments • Does the 4-stage demographic transition model discussed in Chapter 1 still relevant for Europe? Why or why not? • What are the reasons for decline in total fertility rates? • How is the ethnic composition of European countries changing?

  5. Demographic Transition Model

  6. Possible Reasons for Decline in Fertility Rates • Western Europe • Increased access to and availability of birth control • Women in the workforce • Eastern Europe • Women in the workforce • Overall decline in socioeconomic conditions in many countries • Housing shortage and crowded living conditions • Uncertainty about the future – jobs, wages, food, and housing is scarce

  7. Legal and illegal • Canary Islands • Schengen Agreement Migration Figure 8.14

  8. Guest Workers and Fortress Europe Illegal migrants approaching the Canary Islands Czech Republic border station to Germany Figure 8.16 Figure 8.2.1

  9. Linguistic Diversity Cultural Mosaics Figure 8.20 Albania: Ethnic tension Figure 8.21

  10. Religious Diversity • Tension and violence Cultural Mosaics Northern Ireland Figure 8.24 Figure 8.22

  11. Religious Tension in N. Ireland • Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain • 42% of the population is Roman Catholic • 54% of the population is Protestant • Catholics feel like they have been discriminated against by the Protestant majority and have been treated as second-class citizens • Catholics seek stronger tie to Republic of Ireland • Protestants have forged even stronger ties to the U.K. • Unfortunately, 4,000 deaths since the 1960s

  12. Dense fabric of independent states • Micro and ethnic nationalism Geopolitical Framework Figure 8.27

  13. Complex mixture • Balkanization Europe – The Balkans Kosovar refugees Figure 8.32 Figure 8.31

  14. The EU and Economic Integration Figure 8.36

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