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GGR208 Lecture 04
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Completed Notes Status
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- Ambiguities left unresolved: none
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Lecture Summary
- Central objective: To explore the transitions in population structure through the DTM, measure population pressure via density metrics, and evaluate the abstract limits of sustainability (carrying capacity) in a globalized context.
- Key concepts:
- Demographic Transition Model: A 5-stage model tracking changes in CBR, CDR, and RNI from pre-industrial to post-industrial societies.
- Population Density: Differentiated into Crude (people/total land), Physiological (people/arable land), and Agricultural (farmers/arable land) to better represent development and pressure.
- Carrying Capacity: The ability of an area to sustain a population; it is not fixed but elastic, influenced by technology, trade, and wealth (e.g., global flower trade).
- Connections:
- High Population Density does not always equate to overpopulation; it depends on the Carrying Capacity which can be augmented by technology and globalization.
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Practice Questions
- Remember/Understand:
- What are the three specific types of Population Density and how do their denominators differ?
- What defines the "Declining" 5th stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
- How does globalization allow a country like Canada to exceed its local Carrying Capacity?
- Apply/Analyze:
- Why might a country have a high Physiological Density but a low Agricultural Density? What does this imply about their technology?
- Analyze the "Flower Trade" example: How does exporting flowers represent an arbitrage of Carrying Capacity?
- Evaluate/Create:
- Evaluate the limitations of the Demographic Transition Model when applied to developing nations today. Why might "Technology Transfer" barriers prevent them from following the European trajectory?
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Challenging Concepts
- Carrying Capacity:
- Why it's challenging: It is often mistaken for a hard biological limit, but in human geography, it is dynamic and altered by trade and technology.
- Study strategy: Use the "Garden" vs. "Classroom" analogy. A classroom has fixed seats (hard limit), but a garden can yield more with fertilizer (technological elasticity).
- Demographic Transition Model Stage 2 vs. 3:
- Why it's challenging: Distinguishing the drivers between these stages (Death rate drops first due to sanitation; Birth rate drops later due to social changes).
- Study strategy: Remember "Death Control" (Medicine/Sanitation) precedes "Birth Control" (Social norms/Education).
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