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Demography
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The study of human population.
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Fertility
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The incidence of childbearing in a country's population.
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Mortality
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The incidence of death in a country's population.
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Migration
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Movement of people into and out of a specified territory.
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Sex ratio
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The number of males for every 100 females in a nation's population.
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Demographic Transition Theory
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Thesis that population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development.
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Zero Population Growth
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Level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state.
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Urbanization
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The concentration of humanity into cities.
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Metropolis
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Large city that socially and economically dominates an urban area.
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Suburbs
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Urban areas beyond the political boundaries of a city.
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Megalopolis
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Vast urban region containing a number of cities and their surrounding suburbs.
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Urban Ecology
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Study of the link between the physical and social dimensions of the cities.
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Ecology
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Study of the interaction of living organisms and the natural environment.
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Environmental Deficit
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The profound and long-term harm to the natural environment caused by humanity's focus on short-term material affluence.
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Global Warming
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The rise in the Earth's average temperature due to an increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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