Warm up

Human resource
• Human resources refers to the number of people and their mental
and physical abilities who are willing to work.
Why people are considered a resource?
Keywords
• With their demands and capabilities, they can make a new resource.
• They make new resources with the help of their knowledge, skill and
technology.
• Healthy, motivated and educated people make resources per their
requirement.
Key terms that will be discussed today
• Population distribution
• Population density
• Factors influencing population distribution
Population distribution around the world
Why do you think Asia is the most populated
continent ?
• Fertile land (productive river plains of South Asia, China, and
Southeast Asia)
• Appropriate climate (To support agriculture )
• Good terrain
• High fertility rates (Currently 2.2)
• The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children per
woman.
• Better medical facilities
How do political factors affect the
distribution of population?
• People will move away from places where there is social unrest
• Governments may offer incentives to people to live in sparsely
populated areas or move away from overcrowded places.
Give reasons
• Why Ganga plains are most populated but mountains like the
Himalayas, Alps and Andes are sparsely populated?
• Why there is so little population in the Sahara desert and polar
regions of Canada?
• Why are river valleys most densely populated?
• Why is Osaka in Japan densely populated?
Population density
• Population density is the number of people living in a specific area.