Sociology Chapter 15

Sociological definitions and concepts

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