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Ch 4 Vocab

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Rate of Population Increase (RNI)   Rate at which a population grows as the result of the difference between the CBR and CDR  
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Doubling Time (DT)   The number of years in which a population growing at a certain rate would double  
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Urbanization   Urban growth and development  
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Overpopulation   A term used to describe the condition in which population growth outstrips the resources needed to support life  
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Neo-Malthusian   Describing the theory related to the idea that population growth is unsustainable and that the future population cannot be supported by Earth's resources  
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Demographic Transition Model (DTM)   A model that represents shifts in the growth of the world's populations, based on population trends related to birth rate and death rate  
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Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM)   A model that describes changes in fertility, mortality, life expectancy, and population age distribution, largely as a result of changes in causes of death  
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Antinatalist   Describing attitudes or policies that discourage childbearing as a means of limiting population growth  
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Pronatalist   Describing attitudes or policies that encourage childbearing as a means of spurring population growth  
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Land Degradation   Long-term damage to the soil's ability to support life  
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