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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY:
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Densely populated means very high density or many people living inan area.
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Sparsely populated means very low density or a few people living in anarea.LOOK AT THE MAP BELOW CAN YOU FIND OUT WHICH COUNTRIES DENSELYPOPULATED AREAS AND WHICH ARE SPARSELY POPULATED. GIVE REASONSWHY?
Terms:1.What is population distribution:
It is the way the people are dispersed or spread across the landscape or where people live.
2.What is population density:
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High population density of over 100 per square kilometer are in Southand East Asia, Europe and the north east of N. America. These areas include regions with high living standards as in USA andthe UK and densely populated areas of India and south-east China.
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About 25 and 100 per square kilomete r are in areas of California in theUSA, coastal Brazil, the Nile Valley, West Africa, South-east Australia,France, Turkey and Mexico.3.Areas with low population density of between 2 and 25 people persquare kilometer include Norway, New Zealand, Canada, North Africaand Patagonia in southern Argentina.
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Between 35% and 40% of the land area is uninhabitable and includesthe Himalayas, the hot and cold deserts and areas with rainforest.Densely populated areas: Environmental advantages such as low-lying,coastal etc.Sparsely populated areas: Environmental disadvantages such as desert,rainforest, mountainous areas etc.Except for country like Bangladesh with low living standards and low levels of economic development but has a high population density.
Physical and human factors affecting population distribution and density:Physical factors:1.Water supply, fertile soils for crops, wood for fuel, land not liable toflooding.2.Two third of world population can be found in coastal areas because of accessibility, trading and climate.3.Sparsely populated areas found in mountainous areas with steepslopes, rugged terrain and exposure to cold, wet windy climatesrestrict access, settlement and cultivation.4.Densely populated areas found in lowland areas e.g. N. European plain,the Nile valley and Ganges Delta.
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Low population densities can be found areas like Amazon Basin whererainforest limits settlement, Siberia which is a barren, cold wastelandand interior Prairies in Canada where the remote location hinderedsettlement.6.Only 0.4% of world population can be found in desert areas because of lack of water. The people live close to oases, aquifers and rivers suchas the River Nile.Human factors:1.Economic potential-the ability of people to earn a living in an area.2.Low-lying areas especially temperate zone, areas capable of producinghigh yield crops are densely populated area such as Ganges Delta.3.Different agricultural systems will produce different populationdistributions;(i)Shifting-disperse and sparsely populated(ii)Intensive market gardening-more concentrated4.When industrialization and urbanization begins, populations tend tobecome concentrated in urban area.
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Population Distribution and Density Notes 6th May 2009
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