Population Content Checklist

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The exponential rate of world population growth.
the Demographic Transition Model
Changing population structure.(Population Pyramids)
The impact of increasing urbanisation on the rate of
population growth
The impact of agricultural change on the rate of population
growth
The impact of education on the rate of population growth
The impact of the emancipation of women on the rate of
population growth
The social, economic and political implications of population
change
The need to achieve sustainable development in population
change
The effectiveness of population policies adopted in different
countries since the 1990s to include birth control programmes
and other strategies adopted.
Case Study: Chinas birth control policy since the 1990s
Case Study: Non birth Control Transmigration in Indonesia
An ageing population and the impact on the future economic
development.
The problems associated with an ageing dependent population.
Government strategies to cope with an ageing population and
the incentives suggested for encouraging an increase in a
countrys birth rate.
Case study: Ageing Population in the UK
Problems and solutions
Causes of Migration: Push and Pull factors
Impacts of Migration on country of origin (positive and
negative)
Impacts of Migration on host country (positive and negative)
Economic movements within the EU and the impacts of such
movements.
Refugee movements to the EU and the impacts of such
movements.

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