AQA GCSE Geography · 8035
Paper 2
Revise: Social and Economic Change in Rural LandscapesSouth Cambridgeshire illustrates rural population growth; the Outer Hebrides illustrate rural population decline.
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GCSE Geography · key term
An increase in the number of people living in an area.
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Paper 2
Revise: Social and Economic Change in Rural LandscapesSouth Cambridgeshire illustrates rural population growth; the Outer Hebrides illustrate rural population decline.
Specification 6.5 · Paper 2
An increase in the number of people living in an area or in the world.
Use one named area of population growth and one of population decline: South Cambridgeshire and the Outer Hebrides.
Do not assume that population growth benefits every business or that only declining areas have ageing populations.
Distinguish total demand from demand per person: population growth increases the number of consumers, while rising affluence can increase each person's consumption.
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Energy use has grown, while the range of sources supplying it has widened. These changes are linked to human intervention: population growth, increased wealth and technological advances have changed both how much energy people need and how they obtain it.
Paper 3
An increase in the number of people in a population.
Revise: Global Resource Demand and Population TheoriesPopulation growth means more people need food, drinking water and energy. Even if each person consumes the same amount as before, total demand rises. However, population size is only part of the explanation: demand also depends on how much each person consumes and how resources are used in the economy.