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- What name is given to housing built from scrap materials, without permission, on the edge of a fast-growing city?
A squatter settlement (also called a shanty town or informal settlement)
HintIt is built by people who cannot afford other homes.
WhyRapid migration can outpace the building of homes. These areas often lack clean water, sanitation and electricity.
- Besides people moving in, what second thing makes a city's population grow?
Natural increase — more births than deaths among people already living there
HintThink about babies being born locally.
WhyUrban growth has two ingredients: migration into the city and natural increase within it.
- A country has a birth rate of 18 per 1 000 and a death rate of 7 per 1 000. What is its natural change per 1 000? (number only)
11
HintSubtract the death rate from the birth rate.
Why18 − 7 = 11 more births than deaths for every 1 000 people.
- A country has a birth rate of 9 per 1 000 and a death rate of 12 per 1 000. What is its natural change, and what happens to its population if there is no migration?
−3 per 1 000; the population falls
HintWork out births minus deaths and look at the sign.
Why9 − 12 = −3. With more deaths than births, and no one moving in, the population shrinks.
- Why can a country's population keep growing for years after its birth rate has fallen?
Births still outnumber deaths, and many young adults are having children
HintFalling is not the same as below the death rate.
WhyNatural change stays positive while births are above deaths. A large young generation means many parents, which keeps births high in total.
- In Stage 1 of the demographic transition model, are the birth and death rates both high or both low?
Both high
HintThink of a society with no modern medicine or contraception.
WhyIn Stage 1 both rates are high, so the population stays low and steady, or grows very slowly.
- In which stage of the demographic transition model are birth and death rates both low, with the population roughly steady?
Stage 4
HintIt is near the end of the model.
WhyStage 4 is typical of wealthy countries, where families are small and people live long lives.
- Better schools and hospitals in a destination country are an example of which kind of migration factor?
A pull factor
HintThey attract people to a place.
WhyPull factors draw migrants to a place. Push factors, such as war or unemployment, drive them from home.
- What is the main difference between a refugee and an economic migrant?
A refugee flees danger or persecution; an economic migrant moves mainly to find work or a better income
HintOne has a threat to safety; the other seeks a higher wage.
WhyReal stories are often mixed, so geographers use the terms with care.
- Why are most new megacities appearing in Asia and Africa rather than in Europe?
Fast population growth and rural-urban migration there
HintThink about where cities are growing fastest.
WhyMany older European cities have slow growth. In Asia and Africa, high natural increase and migration from the countryside drive rapid urban growth.
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