CONTEMPORARY WORLD REVIEWER Demography refers to the study of populations with
reference to size and density, fertility, mortality, growth,
Global City age distribution, migration, and vital statistics and the
- an urban centre that enjoys significant interaction of all these with social and economic
competitive advantages and that serves as a conditions.
hub within a globalized economic system. It is based on vital statistics reporting and special
- The term has its origin in research on cities surveys of population size and density: it measure trends
carried out during the 1980s over time.
- Economic was primarily constitute a global Demographic Transition
city - Started in the mid or late 1700 in Europe
- New York, Tokyo, London – economic - Death rates and fertility <
enters that exert control over the world’s - High to low fertility: 200 years in France
political economy and 100 years in US
Indicators of a Global City - 20th century mortality< in Africa and Asia
Seats of Economic Power - Life expectancy in India (24 years)
New York- largest stock market Effect of Demographic Transition
Tokyo- Most number of corporate headquarters(613 HQ) - enormous gap in life expectancy
Shanghai- world’s busiest container port - Japan and West- 12 years LE at birth
Centers of Authority - Increased 20 years by 1900
Washington DC- seat of American state power - India & China- economic stagnation
Canberra- sleepy town, Australia’s political capital - High levels of population growth rates
Centers of Political Influence - Low fertility rates (Japan)
New York- United Nations - Higher dependency ratio (PH & India) – it
Brussels- European Union was caused by the decline in the infant and
Jakarta- ASEAN child mortality and high levels of fertility
Frankfurt- European Central Bank
Centers of Higher Learning and Culture Theory of Demographic Transition
Boston- Harvard University - Suggests that future population growth will
New York City- New York Times develop along a predictable 4 or 5stages
Australia- Leading language universities
Los Angeles- film Industry Stage 1
Copenhagen- capital of Denmark, culinary capitals - Death rates and birth rates are high and
Singapore- MTV roughly in balance
Economic Opportunities - Population growth is typically very slow
San Francisco Bay Area- IT Programmers and engineers - Constrained by the available food supply
London- nursing Stage 2
Economic competitiveness - Death rates drop rapidly
Singapore- Asia’s most competitive city, houses the - Improvements in food supply and sanitation
regional offices of many major global corporations - Increases life span and reduce diseases
- Afghanistan
Cities- the engines of globalization - Selective breeding and crop rotation and
1900- 5% of world population was urban farming techniques
2007- 50% - Access to technology, basic healthcare, and
2050- 75% education
- Europe
Demography Stage 3
demos- population - Birth rates fall
graphia- description or writing - Mexico
- Decrease due to various fertility factors:
writings about population contraception, increases in wages,
Achille Guillard- Belgian statistician urbanization, reduction in subsistence
John Graunt agriculture
reference to size and density, fertility, mortality, growth,
Global City age distribution, migration, and vital statistics and the
- an urban centre that enjoys significant interaction of all these with social and economic
competitive advantages and that serves as a conditions.
hub within a globalized economic system. It is based on vital statistics reporting and special
- The term has its origin in research on cities surveys of population size and density: it measure trends
carried out during the 1980s over time.
- Economic was primarily constitute a global Demographic Transition
city - Started in the mid or late 1700 in Europe
- New York, Tokyo, London – economic - Death rates and fertility <
enters that exert control over the world’s - High to low fertility: 200 years in France
political economy and 100 years in US
Indicators of a Global City - 20th century mortality< in Africa and Asia
Seats of Economic Power - Life expectancy in India (24 years)
New York- largest stock market Effect of Demographic Transition
Tokyo- Most number of corporate headquarters(613 HQ) - enormous gap in life expectancy
Shanghai- world’s busiest container port - Japan and West- 12 years LE at birth
Centers of Authority - Increased 20 years by 1900
Washington DC- seat of American state power - India & China- economic stagnation
Canberra- sleepy town, Australia’s political capital - High levels of population growth rates
Centers of Political Influence - Low fertility rates (Japan)
New York- United Nations - Higher dependency ratio (PH & India) – it
Brussels- European Union was caused by the decline in the infant and
Jakarta- ASEAN child mortality and high levels of fertility
Frankfurt- European Central Bank
Centers of Higher Learning and Culture Theory of Demographic Transition
Boston- Harvard University - Suggests that future population growth will
New York City- New York Times develop along a predictable 4 or 5stages
Australia- Leading language universities
Los Angeles- film Industry Stage 1
Copenhagen- capital of Denmark, culinary capitals - Death rates and birth rates are high and
Singapore- MTV roughly in balance
Economic Opportunities - Population growth is typically very slow
San Francisco Bay Area- IT Programmers and engineers - Constrained by the available food supply
London- nursing Stage 2
Economic competitiveness - Death rates drop rapidly
Singapore- Asia’s most competitive city, houses the - Improvements in food supply and sanitation
regional offices of many major global corporations - Increases life span and reduce diseases
- Afghanistan
Cities- the engines of globalization - Selective breeding and crop rotation and
1900- 5% of world population was urban farming techniques
2007- 50% - Access to technology, basic healthcare, and
2050- 75% education
- Europe
Demography Stage 3
demos- population - Birth rates fall
graphia- description or writing - Mexico
- Decrease due to various fertility factors:
writings about population contraception, increases in wages,
Achille Guillard- Belgian statistician urbanization, reduction in subsistence
John Graunt agriculture
