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Key Questions |
What is demographic change? |
What are the issues of the migration of refugees and asylum seekers? |
How does the social and cultural structure of settlements vary and why? |
What are the distinctive features of settlements? |
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How and why do populations change naturally? |
What are the causes and impacts of changing gender structures? |
What are the issues of the Inner City? |
How is the rural-urban fringe changing and why? |
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What is the role of migration in population change? |
What are the demographic challenges facing countries? |
What are the issues being faced in the CBD? |
How are rural settlements changing and why? |
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Main Ideas |
· Natural population change
· Births, deaths, migrations
· The Demographic Transition Model
· Population pyramids
· Global population density and distribution
· Types of migration
· The impacts of migration |
· Refugees and asylum seekers
· Housing and attitudes
· Female infanticide and gender imbalance within a population
· Ageing populations
· Youthful populations
· Population policies |
· The settlement hierarchy
· Patterns of population and society within the city
· The cycle of urbanisation
· Inner City decline and regeneration
· Globalisation of the economy
· CBD zonation and retailing
· The Bullring |
· The rural-urban continuum
· Greenbelt development
· Changes to rural settlements with distance from an urban centre
· Perceptions of rurality
· The impact of changing populations in rural areas
· Second home ownership |
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Case Studies |
China’s One Child Policy, Burkina Faso, Botswana, France, Italy, Eastern European migrants, UK, |
Birmingham
Solihull |
Solihull
Henley-in-Arden
Great Tew
Clifton-upon-Teme
Peak District |