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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Population density | number of people living per unit of land area |
| Arithmetic density | Total population / total land area |
| Physiological density | Total population/ farmable land |
| Demographic regions | Formal homogenous regions defined by one or more shared measurable characteristics like population, size, and age |
| Population distribution | Spatial pattern of where pple live/ shaped by physical/ human factors |
| Natality | Birth rate |
| Crude Birth Rate | Number of live birth / total population *1,000 |
| Crude Death Rate | Total number of deaths per 1,000 pple in population per year |
| Mortality | How often pple die within a population |
| Life expectancy | Average number of years a person in a given place is expected to live |
| Population explosion | Dramatic increase in human population |
| Zero population growth | Population is stable over time. Number of birth= death. Net migration = 0 |
| Stationary population level | very low birth/ death rate o% natural increase |
| Age distribution | breakdown of population into different age groups |
| population pyramid | back to back bar graph that shows age/ sex structure of population |
| Cohort | group of pple within same 5 years of age range |
| Gendered space | An environment that belongs to particular gender because of social norms/ expectations |
| Standard of living | Wealth in a given place measured through economic, social, and demographic indicators |
| infant mortality rate | how many babies die before turning 1 for every 1,000 live births |
| Disease diffusion | Spread of disease across space through movement of ideas, innovations, or pple. |
| Maladaptation | adapting to environment that ends up being counterproductive creating more problems then it solves |
| Sustainability | meeting present needs without compromising ability of future generations to meet their balance, environment, heath etc |