Population: Key concepts so far!

The concept of population as a system with inputs, stores and outputs. Role of migration in system.
Natural change, migration balance and net change.
Census data and measures of change – birth, death, fertility, migration rates. Role of census in national and regional planning.
Portraying population density, distribution and change.
Global spatial variations in key measures of population change – causal factors. The links between population change over time and development.
World population growth and future projections.
Population and resources – over-, under- and optimum (sustainable) population. Conflicting views of Malthus/Boserup. Limits to growth model.
Coping with population growth (providing housing, work and services) and loss (maintaining viable communities).
Changing age and gender structures. Their implications for economic development and service provision.