Comments on Samantha Samuel's blogpost (from http://abcdefgeeography.blogspot.com)
1. Compare with the city/town you're researching on's (Tokyo) population.
Vancouver has a population of about 2.3 million whereas Tokyo has a population of about 33 million. Compared to Tokyo, Vancouver is just a small town. However, the population growth rate in Vancouver is high as compared to Tokyo's. The population density is much higher in Tokyo than in Vancouver too.
2. One thing I found interesting
Men generally die earlier in Vancouver (O.o)
3. Identify the shape of the population pyramid.
Beehive.
4. Potential problems the country might face and solutions.
Not many problems the country will face, because there is a high birth rate and low death rate. Although there will be a growing population, there is a lot of land area to accommodate them (which is also why the population density is quite low).
10:54 PM : Friday, February 11, 2011
comments on Samsam's blogpost
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Comments on Viviana's blogpost
Comments on Viviana's blogpost (http://thegeog-blog.blogspot.com)
1. Compare with the city/town you're researching on's (Tokyo) population.
Paris has an estimated population of 62 million whereas Tokyo has an estimated total population of 33 million. The birth rate in Paris is higher and the death rate is lower than that of Tokyo. However Tokyo's density is much higher than that of Paris' with Tokyo's density being 5487/km² and Paris' density being 115/km².
2. One thing I found interesting
The population increase is 3.78 (which is quite high as compared to Japan's population increase being -0.6).
3. Identify the shape of the population pyramid.
Beehive.
4. Potential problems the country might face and solutions
Slow population growth. The country can introduce benefits to encourage more families to give birth.
1. Compare with the city/town you're researching on's (Tokyo) population.
Paris has an estimated population of 62 million whereas Tokyo has an estimated total population of 33 million. The birth rate in Paris is higher and the death rate is lower than that of Tokyo. However Tokyo's density is much higher than that of Paris' with Tokyo's density being 5487/km² and Paris' density being 115/km².
2. One thing I found interesting
The population increase is 3.78 (which is quite high as compared to Japan's population increase being -0.6).
3. Identify the shape of the population pyramid.
Beehive.
4. Potential problems the country might face and solutions
Slow population growth. The country can introduce benefits to encourage more families to give birth.
3:03 AM : Thursday, February 10, 2011
Term 1 Geography Assignment
TOKYO (JAPAN)
a) Identify a city or a town.
Tokyo (Japan)
b) Paste a photo or image of the city reflecting its status.
c) In a paragraph describe the population status of the city.
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the biggest city in Japan in terms of population and area. As shown in the photograph, Tokyo is cramped and congested, with many high-rise buildings. This suggests that Tokyo is densely populated (5487/km2 ), and including the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, the Tokyo area conurbation has a total population of over 33 million inhabitants, the largest population concentration in the world. However, Tokyo is also experiencing a slow rate of population growth. The birth rate in 2009 is 8.5 per 1000 people. The death rate is 9.1 per 1000 people. The rate of natural increase is -0.6.
d) Draw a typical population pyramid of the country of the town you have chosen.
Population
e) Describe one of the problems faced by the country because of its population growth pattern.
One of the problems faced by Japan because of its low rate of population growth is an ageing population. There is a growing percentage of elderly people compared to young people in their population.
Firstly, there is a shortage of young workers, impacting on employment practices, wages and benefits. A study shows that the government would need to raise its retirement age to 77 or admit 1 million immigrants between year 2000 and 2050 to maintain its worker-to-retiree ratio.
Secondly, the increasing proportion of the elderly people had a major impact on government spending. Millions of dollars are saved on education, health care and welfare for children. In the early 1970s, social expenditures amounted to only 6% of Japan's national income. In 1992, the budget increased to 18%, and it is expected that in 2025, 27% of the national income would be spent on social welfare.
Thirdly, because of the incidence of chronic diseases increases with age, the health care and pension system are expected to come under severe strain. The government had to reevaluate the relative burdens of the government and the private sector in health care and pensions. The government also had to establish policies to control government costs in these programmes.
Pae En Qi (30)
Sec 2-1 (ACE Geography)
Sources:
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index/official/202.htm
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_population.htm
http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=429&pID=1852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Japan#Effects_on_society
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c02cont.htm
a) Identify a city or a town.
Tokyo (Japan)
b) Paste a photo or image of the city reflecting its status.
c) In a paragraph describe the population status of the city.
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and the biggest city in Japan in terms of population and area. As shown in the photograph, Tokyo is cramped and congested, with many high-rise buildings. This suggests that Tokyo is densely populated (5487/km2 ), and including the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, the Tokyo area conurbation has a total population of over 33 million inhabitants, the largest population concentration in the world. However, Tokyo is also experiencing a slow rate of population growth. The birth rate in 2009 is 8.5 per 1000 people. The death rate is 9.1 per 1000 people. The rate of natural increase is -0.6.
d) Draw a typical population pyramid of the country of the town you have chosen.
Population
e) Describe one of the problems faced by the country because of its population growth pattern.
One of the problems faced by Japan because of its low rate of population growth is an ageing population. There is a growing percentage of elderly people compared to young people in their population.
Firstly, there is a shortage of young workers, impacting on employment practices, wages and benefits. A study shows that the government would need to raise its retirement age to 77 or admit 1 million immigrants between year 2000 and 2050 to maintain its worker-to-retiree ratio.
Secondly, the increasing proportion of the elderly people had a major impact on government spending. Millions of dollars are saved on education, health care and welfare for children. In the early 1970s, social expenditures amounted to only 6% of Japan's national income. In 1992, the budget increased to 18%, and it is expected that in 2025, 27% of the national income would be spent on social welfare.
Thirdly, because of the incidence of chronic diseases increases with age, the health care and pension system are expected to come under severe strain. The government had to reevaluate the relative burdens of the government and the private sector in health care and pensions. The government also had to establish policies to control government costs in these programmes.
Pae En Qi (30)
Sec 2-1 (ACE Geography)
Sources:
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index/official/202.htm
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_population.htm
http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=429&pID=1852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Japan#Effects_on_society
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c02cont.htm
1 Comments:
comments!
My blogpost is about Vancouver :D The population density of Tokyo is much larger than the population density of Vancouver.
The population of Tokyo is much larger than the population of Vancouver. The population of
Vancouver has a population of about 2.3 million while Tokyo has a population of about 33 million. Vancouver is a small town as compared to Tokyo, but the population growth rate in Tokyo is about the same as Vancouver. (both quite high)
I found that Tokyo and Singapore are somewhat alike because they both have many high rise buildings, except that Tokyo has a much, much larger population.
The shape of the population pyramid is a beehive.
Since there is a shortage of young workers, the country will need more workers probably from the older age groups. This may pose as a problem because older people are not as physically active as young people, and as this age group of older people age even more, they will eventually have too many vacant jobs that no one wants to take up.
Sam sam :D
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