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Industrial Revolution and Demographic Transition

Industrial Revolution and Demographic Transition. Current world population (2006) – 6.3 billion. Fig. 3.2: Population dot density map shows clusters of population. Current world population (2006) – 6.3 billion.

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Industrial Revolution and Demographic Transition

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  1. Industrial Revolution and Demographic Transition

  2. Current world population (2006) – 6.3 billion Fig. 3.2: Population dot density map shows clusters of population.

  3. Current world population (2006) – 6.3 billion Fig. 3.2: Cartogram of the world’s population shows the area of each country in proportion to its population.

  4. Population Distribution Fig. 3.4: China Fig. 3.5: United States

  5. Factors Influencing Population Distribution Physical environment Economic and political organization Labor markets, job opportunities, infrastructure Demographic components Fertility, mortality, migration Social disasters Policies Taxation, zoning, planning, laws (USSR) Historical circumstances Colonialism in the developing world

  6. Migration Migration: movement involving a permanent change of residence. Causes of migration Push factors: bad things where people start (no jobs, low wages, poverty, no land, famine, war) Pull factor: good things where people go to (good job, educational opportunities, land, city life, freedom) Some migration is involuntary (slavery, for example)

  7. Economics of migration – as wages reach equilibrium in the two places, migration will end. This equilibrium has not yet occurred.

  8. Fig. 3.35: Undocumented (illegal) migration from Mexico to U.S.

  9. Barriers to migration Characteristics of migrants Consequences of migration Patterns of migration Intercontinental migration Inter-regional migration Rural-urban migration

  10. Fig. 3.36: Immigration to the U.S. by region of origin

  11. Fig. 3.37 Fig. 3.40: Intercontinental migration flows are dominated by people leaving the developing world in search of opportunities in the developed world.

  12. Fig.3.38: Net international migration rates around the world.

  13. Fig.3.39: Migration to the U.S. Fig. 3.40: Migration to Europe

  14. Modeling Migration The Gravity Model (in geography) Based on Newton’s law of gravitation Helps to explain flows between two cities, “i” and “j” The flow or Interaction (Ij) is equal to the mass or Population (Pi) of the first city, times the mass or Population (Pj) of the second city, divided by the distance between the two, raised to a power given by Iij = Pi * Pj divided by Dij squared Basic principles: Larger places have greater drawing power for flows of commodities, people, and information than smaller places Places that are more distant have a weaker attraction for one another than closer places It’s a description, not a causal explanation

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