News articals

Census chief: Bennett's immigration bill not practical


http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13401740


The Salt Lake Tribune


Sen. Bob Bennett wants t ocollect information about who has came into the Untied States illegally.  Not many people agree with Bennett's proposal.  "Census Director Robert Groves said that's not practical a mere six months before the questionnaires are mailed to every household."


Birthrate, age of mothers on the rise in Canada.



http://www.canada.com/life/parenting/Birthrate+mothers+rise+Canada/2028033/story.html
 
The TFR in Canada seems to be increasing.  Half of the babies being born are being born to mothers over the age of 30.  "Canadian women gave birth to 367, 864 babies in Canada in 2007, up 13,247 or 3.7 per cent from 2006."  The numbers of the babies born in 2007 are at their highest since 1995 and 5th consecutive annual increase.
 
Australian population growth fastest for 50 years: data




http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8ZNxkZuoRRLhzul-q5EhYc3uW-A
 
Australia's population grew it's fatest in 50 years.  "The growth rate had almost doubled in five years."  Australians population would two thirds to 35 million by 2049.

Noted from 9/23/09!

Never nave so many people been on the move.



190 mill. people left there birthplace



113 of the world's migrants live in

7 industrial countries: Japan, Germany,

France, Canada, U.S., Italy, & U. in.

they are all developed countries



Migrants tend to move to cities



industrial countries have low birthrate



Pop. can change b/c of:

migration

death

Birth





safe havens-why people want to migrate.

war, persecution, famine, and environmental destruction cause people toffee.



Refugee: aperson who flees their based on race, ethnicity, religion.





Push force-something that makes you flee the country.



Pull force- something that pulls you into a country



Imagration-imagrate into



Emigration- emigrate out



More people per person are pouring into canada than in the U.S.

9/22/09 NOTES!!!! (:

industrialized-building places, your countries Starting to produce things.
urbanized-more amore people live in cities.



demographic transition - Stage conceptualization that tracks changes

in birth rates & deathrates through

time as a population urbanizes.

(RN-I)


Rate of Natural Increase-it of

deaths & births and then you

combine them.

stage 1=

Bach in Europe, Nobody anew what

todo with their wastes. = death RATE High!



stage 2=

Death rates will fall dramatically, Birthrates remain high.


stage 3=

same as stage 2


stage 4=
every low RN results from a

combination of low birthrates & very

low death rates.

Pop. Pyramids on Australia and Brazil

2009

Midyear population (in thousands) 21,263
Growth rate (percent) 1.2
Fertility
Total fertility rate (births per woman) 1.8
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 12
Births (in thousands) 265

Mortality
Life expectancy at birth (years) 82
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 5 
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 6
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 7
Deaths (in thousands) 143

Migration
Net migration rate (per 1,000 population) 6
Net number of migrants (in thousands) 132

2009

Midyear population (in thousands) 198
Growth rate (percent) 1.2

Fertility
Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2.2
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 18
Births (in thousands) 3,663
Mortality
Life expectancy at birth (years) 72
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 23
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 27
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 6
Deaths (in thousands) 1,262
Migration
Net migration rate (per 1,000 population) -0
Net number of migrants (in thousands) -18

notes from 9/17/09

Which country has an overall higher life expectancy?
Graph B

Which country has more young people?
Graph A

Higher life expectancy in 20 years?
Graph A will have more people in 20 years

RNI (Rate of Natural Increase): number of birth-number of deaths

21 per 1,000 people being born
9 per 1,000 dying
Population is going up
Growth rate- 12 per 1,000
Total fertility rate(TFR)-average number of kids that an average women are expected to have.
Average TFR 2.1

did you know??

Did You Know?!
it took four years for 50 million people to own a computer.
Ebay was founded in 1996
1 in 3 never completed the fifth grade
facebook took 2 years to get 50,000,000 people!

We are preparing students for jobs that don't even exist yet.

notes from 9/15/09

Population pyramids:

(one of the 5 themes)

Objectives:
Population pyramids can help human geographers determine what will happen
to a country's population

Age: population pyramids visually present the population of a particular country broken down by age.

Gender: Male: left female: right
these pyramids are Split.

young told Pop: to of pop. under 15: global average is 30010, low is 17-ilEuropd
high 42% (Africa): nigh number indicates great potential for future growth; % of pop. over age residencies need for healthcare and other social services.

Noted from 9/9/09!

Pg. 8 Para. 2
"opponents often begin by arguing that globalization isn't a natural process."


"processes of globalization today are more pervasive than those of the Past, even during the period of European colonialism."

Many people are against globalization. People argue that globalization is not a "natural process". The processes of globalization are more pervasive than they were in the past.

5 themes!

5 Themes:
environmental geography
population and settlement
cultural coherence and diversity
geopolitical framework
economic and social development

Part 1 and Part 2

Part 1:
1. North America- J

2. Latin America-D

3. The Caribbean- L

4. Sub-Saharan Africa-G

5. Southwest Asia and North Africa (The Middle East)- I

6. Europe-C

7. The Russian Domain-E

8. Central Asia-F

9. East Asia-H

10. South Asia- B

11. Southeast Asia-K

12. Australia and Oceania-A

Part 2:



1. United States-North America
2. France-Europe
3. Iraq-South West Asia
4. China-East Asia
5. Saudi Arabia-South West Asia
6. Haiti-The Carribian
7. India-South Asia
8. Japan-East Asia
9. Venezuela-Latin America
10. Iran-South West Asia
11. Russia-The Russian Domain
12. The United KIngdom-Europe
13. Israel-South West Asia
14. Germany-Europe
15. Tibet-East Asia
16. Afghanistan- South West Asia
17. Brazil-Latin America
18. North Korea-East Asia
19. Egypt-South West Asia
20. Kenya-Sub Saharan Africa
21. Pakistan-South Asia
22. Vietnam-South East Asia
23. Mexico-Latin America
24. Cuba-Latin America

Notes!

major differences:

Physical geography
human geography
5 themes of H. G. Political regions

Homework 9/2/09

globalization- increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and culural change.