The Changing Population Structure of the UK

Homework question:

Outline the social, economic, demographic and political implications of an ageing population in the UK. (12)

Your answer to this question should reflect the fact that you have read a range of material on the topic of an ageing population in the UK. This means that it will include factual examples and statistics to back up your ideas.

Sources of information should include:

• Growing Grey article
• Ageing Population notes
• Population Change Articles
• Geography in the News article
• BBC Ageing webpages
• Global Ageing

Plus there is a huge amount of information on this topic available on this blog and the Internet
http://gsalgeog.blogspot.com/2008/02/ageing-population.html

Population Structure

Population Structure

Here's a little reminder from our first lesson on Population Structure: Follow this link

Europe of the future: Germany shrinks, France grows, but UK population booms

The UK population is on the increase again. For the first time in a generation the annual birth rate has approached 2.0 (1.9 Office for Nationa Statistics August 2008). Click on the cartoon to find out more.

Use this background information and the links to augment your class notes.

Population Change in the UK - the next 25 years

here is a chance for you to investigate the demographic shift that will affect you over the next 25 years. Click on the link below and check the data on the online database.

http://42degrees.bankofscotland.co.uk/issue-1/trends-2.html

England the most crowded place in Europe

Population change is affected by three key factors, birth rate death rates and migration. Consider the long-term implications for the UK on the latest figures released by the National Statistics Office.

Click on the image for more information

Credit Crunch - Impact on UK Tourism

Boom or bust?

How will the credit crunch impact UK tourism this year. Follow the link from the "donkey" to find out more!

Female Infantcide in India

Infantcide is not a problem unique to China as many people believe. Check out this story and the links from the bbc news page. You will find some excellent material to add to your notes.







There is an alternative and it is also in India