Natural increase
What Natural increase means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Occurs when the birth rate exceeds the death rate, often seen in cities with youthful populations and improving healthcare that lowers mortality.
Together with rural-to-urban migration, high rates of it drive rapid urban change in LICs and NEEs.
Occurs when the birth rate exceeds the death rate, rapidly expanding the urban population.
High rates of natural increase occur where birth rates exceed death rates.
A driver of urbanisation where birth rates exceed death rates.
The difference between the birth rate and the death rate. When births exceed deaths, the population grows.
Topics that use Natural increase
- Section A: Urban issues and challenges (AQA GCSE)
- The UK's resource consumption and environmental sustainability challenge (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Ecological footprint
- Biodiversity
- Conservation
- Counter-urbanisation
- Deindustrialisation and economic shift
- Economic insecurity
- Employment
- Energy conservation
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