Chapters 1-7*

Population distribution Population density Birth rate Death rate Four main factors that influence birth rates Natural increase Natural decrease Dependency ratio (and calculate it) Understand/use population pyramids Three shapes of population pyramid Demographic Transition Model Read over examples: Ireland and France

Overpopulation Carrying capacity Factors that can increase (6) or decrease (7) carrying capacity of a region Three main causes of overpopulation Overpopulation in Sudan (case study) Influence of society and culture on overpopulation (three main factors) Impact of technology on population growth Population growth and developing countries

Main migration terms needed (15) Impact of migration on donor and host countries Advantages and disadvantages of migration Ethnic, racial and religious issues Ireland and migration through the years Migration policy in Ireland and EU Rural to urban migration

Site Situation Function 4 main settlement patterns on a map Settlement in Ireland through the eras Planning for settlement in Ireland (NDP) Ricepots Christallers Central Place Theory Evidence of settlement on an OS Map

Types of land use zone in a city Ricepots (again) Land use in Dublin and Paris (case studies) Burgesses Concentric zone model, draw and understand Hoyts Sector theory, draw and understand Harris and Ullmans Multiple Nuclei theory, draw and understand The HARP project in Dublin Land values in cities including Bid Rent Social stratification

5 main urban problems 3 international solutions to traffic congestion Irelands solutions to traffic congestion Case studies: Cork and Copenhagen Urban decay Absence of community Urban renewal Ballymun regeneration case study Paris redevelopment case study Urban sprawl

Air pollution in urban areas Methods to reduce air pollution