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GAMBIA CS

PSR :
o smallest African country
o 6th lowest GDP globally
o Total fertility rate : -5.421 woman

095 't Muslim .




o BR :
40pct 1001 yr


CAUSES :
① Religious belief 95 's Muslim - .




② tinfant mortality 41babl.es/100dyingbetoreHtBd -




③ agricultural based society

others :
o lack of contraception led
u no care honest pensions -7 depends on children
o pro -
natalia policies
-




POS . IMPACTS NEG IMPACTS
* large potential workforce * more food , housing , water needed , overcrowding Banjul
-




* Attractive to new investors + deforestation
-

large market for potential goods * services suffer -3000 pupils per 26 classrooms
-
Dev . of service -
Prate of unemployment
-
source of innovation -
some talk economy to take adv of extra
.




-
Prate of pop growth
. workers
-
tho inslums , crime rates
.




-
political instability due to unsatisfactory
MANAGEMENT living standards
① contraception awareness campaign , -

-
prate of pop growth
.




trust
② maternal health initiative -
free vaccine for every child ( bdiseasel , look after mother;
encourage space between prey .




④ Education gov -
. Schemes to get girls into ed .lv children in lifetime
.




GAMBIA -
overpopulated
PSR :

°
Smallest African country
o 1713=776 ppl ) km2
WHY ?
① small area

② rapidly growing population
③ limited natural resources

,DEPENDENCY RATIO → relationship between wnoareanaarenotinqnareq
↳ shows how many dependents too economically active people in a country must support
-




DEPENDENCY Rg -110=4
-
under 1511 IV. over 65)
-




11100
V. between ng -
by



AGEING OI4IdIION→ population Wla high proportion of elderly dependents, caused
by rising life expectancy and/or declining fertility rates

JAPAN CS

PSR :
c. Dependency ratio -_
57

Fertility rate -
1.3
• Life expectancy -_
84

oketirementage -_
to
0704 .
elderly
OTHERS :
causes : -
better food

① Improved medicine { healthcare services - improved sanitation
-
210 doctors per 100,000 ppl -

good personal hygiene
② having kids atanolderagelno
women

families wage of women marrying -30
-




③ Availability of pensions life expectancy :84
-




IMPACTS : OTHERS :
⑦ High dependency ratio -57 -
Natural decrease
↳ rise of tax -
Free childcare
② Pension pressure -
closing of children services
↳ fewer taxpayers ,
less money for social care
↳ gov in debt
.
-
$12 trillion
③ struggle to recruit staff

↳ economy shrink
↳ wagestcforeignstaffl

MANAGEMENT
⑥ Raising pension age and doubling tax 601-065 yrs -




② Increase cost of medical care everyone > 40 Contribute f- 401 month for
-

elderly care
↳ availability of long-term insurance

③ laws supporting parents -8 wks paid leave for fathers { flexible hours


I0WN9I4R9II0I4 -19710N GROWTH Rate
causes :
⑦ women having kids atanolderagelno families
wage of women marrying -30
.




② large elderly population -70-1 elderly
-


-




③ Low no of immigrants only 2-1
-
-
.

, IOIUIATIION DISTRIBUTION & DENSITY

901 live north of the Equator
.




10-1 live south of the Equator
.




50-1 live
. near the ocean

got . live 0h10 't of the land .




POPULATION DISTRIBUTION Showa population is spread
-

out across a country
or an area
1701741917 -10N DENSITY → the no -
of people living in a given area
,
usually perkmz
no .
Of ppl
PDCPPLIKMZ ) -
-



land area ( km2)


DENSELY IOEYI.at?eD-alargeno.Ofpeoplelivingihdsmdllarea
SPARSE YIOIUIDIED-7dsmall.no of people living in a large area .




auSIRaII#
Sparsely densely , ,
uneven distribution

PSR :


089% in urban areas
out in rural areas
.




o AV .
population density :3 ppllkmz ( lowest)



SICLRSEIY -
all CENTRAL areas

causes : OTHERS :
① physical -
Great Dividing range -
poor transport
↳ causes rainshadow -
2100mm rain - lack of tourist

② Physical -
Great Sandy and Simpson Deserts - lack industrial dev .




↳ temp > 300C -
volcanoes

③ physical -


Lackoffertilesoilf
vegetation -

unreliable annual rain
④ Human limited education , health facilities ,
-




entertainment
⑤ LOSS of land

DENSELY -
BRISBANE , SYDNEY , MELBOURNE , PERTH
causes : OTHERS :
⑦ Physical seasonal moohtoohl rainfall
-
reclamation
-
of land
-




dev of tourism
② physical Reliable water supplies
- - .




③ physical Grassland ( easy to clear)
-




④ Human Education , health facilities ,
-




entertainment
⑤ Human -
Dev .
of tourism


UNEVEN
① Physical Extreme climate at centre - -




↳ Great Dividing range rainshadow -




② Phytical Reliable watersypplyeg Perth
-
-




③ Dev of tourism @ g. Sydney
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