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DEMOGRAPHIC Transition model
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- Can contemporary less developed countries hope to achieve either the demographic transition or the economic progress enjoyed by more developed countries that passed through the transition at a different time and under different circumstances?
- Is the socioeconomic change experienced by industrialized countries a prerequisite or a consequence of demographic transition?
Construct a graph showing the trends in birth and death rates and population growth.
- Use the following questions to guide a presentation of your findings back to the class. (Google Slides)
- The definition of "model."
A model is …
• a representation of some phenomenon of the real world made in order to facilitate an understanding of its workings
• a simplified and generalized version of real events, from which the incidental detail has been removed
Given this definition: does a model represent reality or is it a framework against which reality can be measured or evaluated? - Now return to the original questions to discuss the classic Demographic Transition Model.
- Is the Demographic Transition Model useful as a framework for evaluating demographic change in regions outside Europe and the United States?
- Is it necessary that all countries share the experiences of Europe and the United States in order to pass through a demographic transition?
- Is the socioeconomic change experienced by industrialized countries a prerequisite or a consequence of demographic transition?
- Are there multiple ways to achieve a similar end?