Unit II - Population & Migration

(12-17% of the AP Exam will be over Unit 2 material)

If the World Were 100 People

The Flow Towards Europe - Cool interactive map displaying projected migration.

Density, distribution, and scale
Consequences of various densities and distributions
Patterns of composition: age, sex, race, and ethnicity
Population and natural hazards: past, present, and future

Population growth and decline over time and space

Historical trends and projections for the future
Theories of population growth including the Demographic Model
Patterns of fertility, mortality, and health
Regional variations of demographic transitions
Effects of population policies

Population movement

Push and pull factors
Major voluntary and involuntary migrations at different scales
Migration selectivity
Short-term, local movements, and activity space

Total Fertility Rate: Worldwide

Man

7 Billion and Counting

Overpopulation

Waves of Humanity

Sprawling Mexico City rolls across the landscape, displacing every scrap of natural habitat

Feedlot

Industrial livestock production in Brazil

South City Mall in Kolkata, India

Consumer culture spreads to the global south

‘In the developing world, the problem of population is seen less as a matter of human numbers than of western over-consumption. Yet within the development community, the only solution to the problems of the developing world is to export the same unsustainable economic model fuelling the overconsumption of the West.’

Trash wave

Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya catches a wave in a remote but garbage-covered bay on Java, Indonesia, the world’s most populated island

Rectangular Fields

No room for nature, the entire landscape is devoted to crop production in China

Cows and Smoke

Ground zero in the war on nature – cattle graze among the burning Amazon jungle in Brazil

Oil Wells

Depleting oil fields are yet another symptom of ecological overshoot as seen at the Kern River Oil Field in California

Dead Bird

On Midway Atoll, far from the centers of world commerce, an albatross, dead from ingesting too much plastic, decays on the beach – it is a common sight on the remote island

Hill-Side Slum

Slum-dwelling residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, face bleak living conditions in the western hemisphere’s poorest country

Reservoir development

Former old-growth forest leveled for reservoir development, Willamette National Forest, Oregon

Population Pyramids

Epidemiological Transition (200 Countries, 200 Years - Boiled Down to 4 Minutes)

Demographic Transition

Top 10 Immigrant Countries

While watching, think of the following: Push and pull factors! Also, don't forget about Ravenstein's Laws!

How Hard is it to Legally Enter the United States?

Europe's Most Fortified Border is in Africa

This quick video talks about the immigration policies of the United States.

What if Everyone Lived in Just One City?

Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology

7 Billion - National Geographic Magazine

Joel Cogen: An Introduction to Demography (Are People the Problem?)

7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

Japan's Geographic Challenge

Harnessing the Demographic Dividend

TED Talks: How Pandemics Spread

The Miniature Earth

World Population: From Dawn to 2030

Population - Crash Course

Hans Rosling: Global Population Growth, Box By Box

Hans Rosling: Population Party Tricks

Water Changes Everything

Welcome to Anthropocene!

How Mr. Condom made Thailand a Better Place - Family Planning

Note: Population doubling dropped from 29 years down to 140 years! That means parents went from having 7 kids to have 1.5 kids.

China: Marriage Market Takeover

Watch how single women in China courageously by standing up against the pressure of being labelled “Sheng Nu”, or “leftover woman”. How does this phenomena have implications for China's population and growth?