Understanding Population Change Over Time
Recapping some key words … can you define the following:
- Birth Rate
- Death rate
- Natural Increase
- Natural Decrease
First, use the above slideshow to revise some reasons for high and low birth and death rates.
You should make a table to summarise these causes of high and low birth and death rates.
Now we turn to a model based on how both birth and death rates have changed over time in European countries (especially the UK). This is the Demographic Transition Model.
Discussion points:
Q. What does ‘demographic’ mean?
Q. What does ‘transition’ mean?
Q. What does ‘model’ mean?
Source: geographyalltheway
Visit this page from www.geographyalltheway.com:
The Demographic Transition Model
Complete the worksheet on the above page.
Finally, review your understanding here (you only need to complete Part 1):
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/demographic_trans/eng/Introduction/plenary.swf
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