Syllabus concepts to know

• 1.1 Population and economic development patterns
• 1.2 Physical and human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale varies between
• 1.3 Global patterns and classification of economic development: places
• 1.4 low-income countries
• 1.5 middle-income countries and emerging economies
• 1.6 high-income countries
• 1.7 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale, including voluntary internal migration, core-periphery patterns and megacity growth
• 1.8 Two detailed and contrasting examples of uneven population distribution
• 1.9 Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities
• 1.10 The relative importance of different influences on where people live and spatial interactions between places at varying scales
• 1.11 Changing populations and places
• 1.12 Detailed examples of two or more contrasting countries e consequences of megacity growth for individuals and societies
• 1.13 One case study of a contemporary megacity experiencing rapid growth e causes and consequences of forced migration and internal displacement
• 1.14 Detailed examples of two or more forced movements, to include environmental and political push factors, and consequences for people and places nthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities w the impacts of population change and spatial interactions between places n be categorized and represented graphically
• 1.15 Challenges and opportunities
• 1.16 One case study of a country benefiting from a demographic dividend nthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities w population change may affect the power balance between groups of people local, national and international scales