2. Changing population & places

Changing Population Home Page

2. Changing population & places

Syllabus Outline: Processes of population change & their

effect on people and places

1. Population change & demographic transition over time

Population change terminology

Doc: Population definitions
Website: Glossary of demographic terms

Dynamic population: 11 Interesting facts about world population
Predictions: Megatrends in population

Population Pyramids

Population pyramids from adorngeo

Pop pyramid hmwk from adorngeo

Reading: Population pyramids explained
Explore: Population pyramid simulator

Game: Population pyramid game
Game: Everything about population knowledge quiz

The Demographic Transition Model

The dtm from adorngeo

 Activity: DTM activities
Reading: Geo Bitesize - The DTM
Website: Population Education - What is the DTM?
Visualizations: Understanding population projections

Life Expectancy

  Activity: Global patterns and trends in life expectancy
  Map: Global pattern of life expectancy
Visualization: Trends in life expectancy

 Article: South Korea to have highest life expectancies
Visualization: How many years have you got left to live?
Visualization: How will you die?

Fertility

What affects fertility from adorngeo

Activity: Fertility - Causes, consequences
Sort it Out: Factors that impact fertility
Reading: The Netherlands & Niger
Diamond 9: Ranking factors that impact fertility activity

2. Megacities: Consequences of growth

  Reading: Website - The incredible growth of mega-cities
  Podcast: Megacities
Reading: Megacities explosive growth poses epic challenges

Shanghai: Case study of a mega city

Mapping: The growth of a megacity - Shanghai
Activity: Shanghai mega city case study

Synthesis: Reading Mega-cities, mortality & migration

3. Causes and consequences of migration and internal displacement

Introduction to Migration

IB Geography: Population: Migration Models from Richard Allaway

Article: How many people are on the move?
Visualizations: Migrant flow maps

Refugees and IDP

Current events on refugees

Visualization: Flow map of refugees since 2000
Storymap: The Uprooted - Global refugees
Story map: Climate refugees

Earth Timelapse

Jump To:

The Rohingya Case Study

Current events: Links to recent issues on refugees
Story Map: UNHCR - Rohingya refugee crisis at a glance
Article: Myanmar's military accused of genocide
Article: Prison like conditions for Rohingya refugees

Rohingya Refugee LAQ Task from Andy Dorn

Environmental Refugees