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A Level Human Geography definitions, Quizzes of Geography

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A Level Human Geography definitions

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Available from 01/15/2026

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A Level Human Geography definitions
natural increase - difference between the birth and death rate per year
birth rate - number of live births per 1000 people per year
death rate - number of deaths per 1000 people per year
fertility rate - number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-49 in a given year
infant mortality rate - number of deaths of children under the age of 1 year expressed per 1000
live births per year
life expectancy - the average number of years a person may expect to live when born, assuming
past trends continue
ageing population - population undergoing a rise in its median age- occurs when fertility
decline, while life expectancy remains constant or increases
replacement-level fertility - the level at which those in each generation have just enough
children to replace themselves in the population
carry capacity - largest population that the resources of a given environment can support
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natural increase - difference between the birth and death rate per year birth rate - number of live births per 1000 people per year death rate - number of deaths per 1000 people per year fertility rate - number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-49 in a given year infant mortality rate - number of deaths of children under the age of 1 year expressed per 1000 live births per year life expectancy - the average number of years a person may expect to live when born, assuming past trends continue ageing population - population undergoing a rise in its median age- occurs when fertility decline, while life expectancy remains constant or increases replacement-level fertility - the level at which those in each generation have just enough children to replace themselves in the population carry capacity - largest population that the resources of a given environment can support

ecological footprint - a sustainability indicator that expresses the relationship between population and the natural environment which takes into account use of natural resources by a country's population biocapacity - capacity of an area or ecosystem to generate an ongoing supply of resources and to absorb its waste carbon footprint - total set of greenhouse gases emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, product or organisation optimum population - just the right amount of people to fully exploit a country's resource base, causing standards of living to rise underpopulation - too few people in an area to optimize the use of resources effectively overpopulation - too many people in an area relative to the resources and the level of technology available dependency ratio - ratio of the number of people under 15 & over 64 (youthful & elderly population) to those aged 15-64 (economically active) migration - movement of people across a specified boundary(national/international) to establish a new place of permanent(more than a year) residence

diaspora - dispersal of people from their original homeland rural-urban migration - move from outside rural areas (countryside) to within urban areas (towns and cities) urban-rural migration - move from urban areas(towns and cities) to outside areas(countryside) intra-urban migration - migrates internally within the same urban area inter-urban migration - migrants move between urban areas migration stream - migrants sharing a common origin and destination counterstream - reverse flow from the migration stream urbanisation - process whereby an increasing proportion of the population in an area lives in urban settlements urban growth - the absolute increase in physical size and total population of urban areas suburbanisation - outward growth of urban areas to engulf surrounding rural areas

counterurbanisation - process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas reurbanisation - occurs when, after a clear period of decline, the population of a city, in particular the inner area, begins to increase again urban regeneration - large-scale change and improvement of the urban landscape- involves redevelopment and renewal gentrification - process in which wealthier people move into, renovate and restore run-down housing(formerly inhabited by low-income groups) in an inner city or other neglected areas global(world) city - city that is judged to be an important nodal point in the global economic system bid-rent theory - decreasing accessibility as an individual moves out from the centre of an urban area, with corresponding declining land values, allowing an ordering of land uses related to rent affordability residential mosaic - complex pattern of different residential areas within a city reflecting variations in socio-economic status that are mainly attributable to income but also influenced by ethnicity and age