World Population and Demographic Transition: Regions, Characteristics, and Trends - Prof. , Study notes of Political Geography

Download World Population and Demographic Transition: Regions, Characteristics, and Trends - Prof. and more Study notes Political Geography in PDF only on Docsity! WORLD REGIONS  6.5 Billion people in the world  30% illiterate, 20% no drinking water, 40% no sanitation, 50 % malnourished, 75% no electricity.  Region- Area, Boundaries, something in common  Homogenous Characteristics (Physical – climate, vegetation,terrain,animals,water) (Human World – languages, dress, diet, ethnicity, religion, nature)  Population – 1 bil. In 1804, 2 in 1927, 3 in 1960, 4 in 1974, 5 in 1987, 6 in 1999, probably 7 in 2010  In 2050 India will be most populus nation.  East Asia – 1.5 Bil, South Asia – 1.4 Bil, Africa 700 mil, southeast asia – 600 mil, middle east – 550 mil, south America – 500 mil, western Europe – 400 mil, America – 310 mil, eastern Europe – 200 mil, Russia – 145 mil, japan – 127 mil, mexico – 115 mil, central asia – 100, turkey – 70, central America – 45, carribean – 40, Australia – 23  If you educate people, they will have less children, also birth control, cost of living.  Population growth rates not the same in the world  Hurricane season here, monsoon season in India, and typhoon season in asia  EU gets over 1/3 of its oil from Russia  Vladamir Putin was president of russua for 8 years, most powerful since stalin  Japan prime minister Fukuda resigns  US, Japan, Germany, China = Richest Countries  Demographic transition – model explains what population does overtime  No countries are economically in stage 1(pre-modern)  Stage 2 – urbanizing, industrializing, towns and cities form, birth rates stabalize, death rates plummet, more education, technology evolves  Stage 3 – mature industrial – most people live in a city urban area, people working in factories, both death and birth rates plummet  Stage 4 – post industrial – Birth and death rate both flatten out…less than 2% of americans in agriculture industry  Stage 5? – population decreasing  Countries that have negative population growth are Russia, Japan, and Italy  Cultural lag = population BOOM  Fertility rate – average number of children each women will have in her lifetime  Replacement level = 2.1  Wild card in demographic transition = religion (catholic)  UN determines refugees – 2006 = 8.4 million  U.A.E might be rich and have kids.