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A2 Geography Population and Resources glossary Natural increase Net migration Demographic transition model (DTM) Emigration Intra-urban

n Immigration Commuting Optimum population Possibilism Deterministic Malthusian NIC Antinatalist Pronatalist Quotas Resource depletion Natural resources Semi-renewable Benefication Substitution Is a population increase due to more births and less mortality is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants The demographic transition model shows population change over time. It studies how birth rate and death rate affect the total population of a country. There are five stages in the model. Emigrate - To leave one country or region to settle in another. Therefore emigration is the act of emigrating Within an urban area The movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there To travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis. The Optimum population for a region or country is a level of (human) population which is ecologically, socially, economically and culturally sustainable. Is the theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions Theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of sufficient causes, which can be predicted with certainty from the past. Relating to Thomas Malthus. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace the resources available to it Newly Industrialising Countries. Classified between MEDC and LEDC. Examples include; Brazil, China and India. Concerned with limiting population growth. China has pursued anti-natalist policies, notably the one-child policy. the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birth rate. A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment Referring to the exhaustion of raw materials within a region. Resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Use of either of these forms of resources beyond their rate of replacement is considered to be resource depletion. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. Materials or substances which can be replaced like for like. However, this is dependent on human input e.g. afforestation required when cutting timber for human use Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques A strategy for economic development which encourages industrial growth within a nation in order to reduce imports of manufactures, save foreign exchange, provide jobs, and reduce dependency

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