TSR Wiki > Study Help > Subjects and Revision > Revision Notes > Geography > Population and the Economy Case Studies
- Contrasts at a national/continental scale of birth rates, death rates, fertility.
- Demographic transition over time, examples from selected countries at different states of development.
- Over and under-population exemplified
- Over =Australia/India
- Under=Amazonia
- Assessment of issues in one rapidly expanding area and one area in decline
- Singapore and UK
- India and Botswana
- Assessment of two contrasting national policies
- China and Mauritius
- OR Mauritius and Philippines
- Impact of contrasting migration policies
- Within boundaries - Indonesia and New Towns IMPACT - new towns more successful
- Across national boundaries - Ethiopia à Israel.
- CONTRASTING= USA allowing Cubans to migrate contrasts with à Japanese preference for skilled labour
- Present day patterns of migration - and historic flows
- History - Europeans to Australia, Caribbean etc.
- Migration model
- Lee’s model with intervening opportunities
- Pressure on environment & resources
- Lack of jobs in recession East Germany (due to Turkish guest workers)
- Nomadism
- Decreased pressure - after the Irish potato famine
- Haiti
- Cultural & socio-economic benefits & costs
- Smallpox to Aborigines, remittances back to Pakistan, cultural diversity to America (Irish)
- Movement of labour from Caribbean to UK in 1950s
- Multicultural society - Toronto
- Issues of segregation - Bradford
- Low wage and poor living conditions - Mexicans on farms in California
- Loss of skills - Indian software experts to USA
- Freedom of movement and civil liberties
- Berlin Wall
- Kosovo
- Gulf War
- Fluctuations in the global economy
- Impacts of reunification of Germany
Comments
These notes are aimed at students studying for Edexcel B geography A Level for the 'Population and the Economy' section, though will be suitable also for people studying with different exam boards and at different levels.
They were originally submitted by _poptart_ in this thread on TSR Forums.
