Population Geography: Can-Do checklist

Human Environments By the end of this topic you should be able to:

Understand terms relating to demographic trends such as:

• Crude Birth Rate, Crude Death Rate, Natural Increase Rate, Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Rate Interpret population pyramids of both EMDCs and ELDCs, and:

• describe and account for the population structures

• describe and suggest reasons for changes which have taken place in the population structure

• discuss the consequences which the population structure will have in future for the country’s economy and people

• compare the differing patterns of death by age group between EMDCs and ELDCs, and suggest reasons for the differences.

• describe the problems arising from falling birth rates in EMDCs.

• describe the advantages which a fall in birth rate and in death rate can bring to ELDCs

• explain why ELDCs may find collection of population data more difficult than EMDCs, and why the quality of data may be less reliable. With reference to any population migration between two named countries:

• explain the migration in terms of push and pull factors, and suggest the types of barriers which may make it difficult

• discuss the advantages and disadvantages which the migration has brought to both the losing country and the receiving country. Choosing one or more of the stages from the demographic transition model:

• describe and explain the factors which affect population growth

• referring to case studies, discuss the factors which have influenced the changes in birth rate and in death rate.

GMTs

• describe and interpret population data shown in maps, tables and diagrams, including population pyramids

• describe and interpret maps and flow diagrams with proportional arrows showing migration streams

• show population data by drawing appropriate maps or diagrams

• comment on the accuracy of statements which describe population patterns shown on tables, diagrams, graphs etc.