POPULATION AND URBANIZATION

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POPULATION AND URBANIZATION
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SOCIETY IS AFFECTED BY POPULATION GROWTH

• URBANIZATION
• HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION
• JOBS AND PRODUCTION

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POPULATION GROWTH IS FASTER IN MANY CITIES

• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
• MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
• RELATIVE NUMBERS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

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GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH

• 1900-12 CITIES WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION
  POPULATION
• 2000- 410 CITIES
• 1950- 8 MEGACITIES(5 MILLION)
• 2000- 41 MEGACITIES AROUND THE WORLD

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FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF
POP.

• BIRTHRATE
• DEATH RATE
• MIGRATION RATE
• GROWTH RATE
• AGE SEX OF PEOPLE

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BIRTH AND DEATH RATES ARE AFFECTED BY

• HEALTH CARE
• DIET
• CULTURAL FACTORS

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• AFRICA- HIGHEST BIRTHRATE
• AFRICA- HIGHEST DEATH RATE
• NORTH AMERICA- HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANY

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MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

• WAR AND OTHER CONFLICTS-PUSH FACTOR FOR MIGRATION
• REFUGEES ARE PEOPLE WHO FLEE WAR-TORN REGIONS
• REFUGEES RESIDE IN TENT CITIES IN THE DEVELOPING
  WORLD
• THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA HOST THE LARGEST
  NUMBER OF CAMPS

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• IMMIGRANTS HAVE GREATLY INCREASED THE US
  POPULATION AND MADE THE AMERICAN CULTURE MORE
  DIVERSE

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• WOMEN MAKE UP MORE THAN 50 OF THE US POPULATION
• THE GAP BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALES IS SHRINKING
• THE US MALE POPULATION IS NOW GROWING FASTER

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POPULATION DENSITY

• INDICATES NOT JUST THE TOTAL POPULATION OF A
  REGION BUT HOW CLOSE TOGETHER PEOPLE ARE
  LIVING-THIS CAN PUT A STRAIN ON AVAILABE RESOURCES

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NEGATIVE BIRTH RATE

• ITALY HAS THE LOWEST BIRTHRATE IN THE WORLD
• THE WOMEN ARE PUTTING MORE EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION,
  CAREERS, AND CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN.
• IN ITALY WOMEN MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THE WORKFORCE

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INDUSTRIALIZATION AND POPULATION

• IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE, SANITATION, AND FOOD
  PRODUCTION
• CONTRIBUTE TO LOW DEATH RATE
• ACCESSIBLE BIRTH CONTROL
• NO CHILD LABOR

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CHINAS ONE-CHILD POLICY

• SLOWED POPULATION GROWTH
• CREATED SOCIAL PROBLEMS
• MALES ARE VALUED MORE THAN FEMALES
• SOME FEMALES ARE ABANDON AT ORPHANAGES
• MANY REGIONS OF CHINA HAVE RELAXED THE RULES

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CITY WASTE MANAGEMENT

• PUBLIC GARBAGE COLLECTION IS A NEW INVENTION
• SAN FRANCISO LAWS AGAINST PUBLIC DUMPING PASSED
  IN 1896
• BY 1977 THE CITY BEGAN TO SHIPP IT WASTE TO
  NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
• SANITATION, WASTE, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN
  ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES

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VALUES OF URBAN PEOPLE

• SHIFT FROM TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY FIGURES TO
  GOVERNMENT AND OCCUPTATIONAL AUTHORITY
• BELIEF IN THE EFFICACY OF SCIENCE OVER RELIGION
• AMBITION FOR ONESELF AND ONES CHILDREN