GEOG 1280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gross National Income, Informal Sector, Public Space
9 Nov 2017
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Tuesday nov. 7: highest rate of residential segregation for african american, lowest rate of residential segregation for hispanics/latinos: baltimore for asians/pacific. Islanders: baltimore: baltimore, maryland, identities of neighborhoods change over time. Invasion and succession: new immigrants to a city often move to areas occupied by older immigrant groups: ex. Informal economy: private, often home-based activities such as tailoring, beer brewing, food preparation, or vegetable gardening: ex. Black market activities: power relations: dowry deaths in india, murders of brides (often by burning) when a dispute arises over a dowry, diffi(cid:272)ult to (cid:862)legislate away(cid:863) the power relatio(cid:374)ships that lead to dowry deaths. In most societies, we tend to not segregate. China limited to 1 kid in urban, 2 kids in rural areas. Food problems are an extreme concern, especially sub-saharan africa which has the high birth rates and poverty rates: population, what is population geography (geo-demography)
