POPULATION

RESOURCE
RELATIONSHIP
Population is the number of people in a geographical
area.

Resources is a substance or material dependent upon to

satisfy our human wants.

Population density can be determined by dividing the

number of people living in an area by the total
geographical area. It is quantitative.

Also, Population – Resources Ratio is the number of

people divided by the area in which they live provided
the concept of population and area is a qualitative one. It
is qualitative and a standard of living.
POPULATION-RESOURCE REGIONS OF THE WORLD

Ackerman, E.A, has tried to make a

beginning by categorising the world into
five types of population-resource
regions :
(1)U.S.A. Type Region
(2)European Type Region
(3) Egyptian Type Region
(4) Brazilian Type Region
(5) Arctic Desert Type Region.
 Population – Resource Regions of the World
Regions Characteristics

Location Cultural Identity Socio-economic Nature of Transportation Population Relation with other
structures Agriculture Characteristics countries

U.S.A U.S.A, Canada, Low population- Development of Mechanized and Rail and road Population is Australia and New
Type Argentina, South resource ratio areas industries, commercialized routes, Distant linked with Zealand has
Region Africa, Zambia, transportation agriculture places economic system Commonwealth type of
Queensland, Russia, and Monarch
New Zealand communication
systems, etc.

European Europe, Italy, Higher population- Industrial Commercial Rail, road and air Dense population, Population have great
Type Yugoslavia, Greece, resources ratio. centers agriculture is not transport. educated, votaries of Political
Region Bulgaria, Romania, Civilization was much and does Excellent transport technically freedom
Turkey, CIS, Japan, born here. Nordic not fit into social and trained and
Israel, part of U.S.A and Slavs of white structure communication extrovert.
race inhabit these system Believed in
countries maximizing their
resources

Egyptian Egypt, South-South Low technological Capitalist Traditional type Horses, Oxen, Low literacy, non- Areas of influence of
Type Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, knowledge and of agriculture Donkey, industrial , foreign power
Region Tanzania, Malagassy, backwardness. Automobiles, etc. Subsistence
Morocco, Algeria, Mostly, Asians and Poor roads, low farming, low per
Tunisia, Libya, Kenya, Africans density of railway capita income
China, Philippines, and little or no air
Indonesia, India, service
Bangladesh, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Turkey,
Iran, Europe, North
America, South
America
 Population – Resource Regions of the World
Regions Characteristics

Location Cultural Identity Socio-economic Nature of Transportation Population Relation with other
structures Agriculture Characteristics countries
Brazil Type North America Yellow skinned. Few highly Subsistence Transportation is Some countries They have
Region (Mexico, Mostly Spanish complex urban- Farming not developed can make relationship with
Honduras, and Portuguese. industrial much. Road and progress from developed countries
Nicaragua, Low population- centres, low rail has poor Petroleum and to upgrade technology
Panama, Cuba), resources ratio. standard of network. Gas but warfare
South America, Suffering from living, low level and religious
Africa, poor technology of economic crises affect the
Australia, North development areas
Asia

The Arctic- North America Very low Scanty Aridity Transport their Very low No link with other
Desert (Mexico, part of population, Poor population, (Sahara) which goods as animals population countries
Type Canada), South population- illiterate, old makes do. density,
Region America resource ratio,. superstitious agriculture not backwardness
(Venezuela, part Ancient views, tribal possible as people still
of Peru, aboriginal society far from living in tribes
Colombia, societies, the modern and are unaware
Bolivia, part of backwardness world. Their life of technical
Chile part of and superstitious. is akin to knolwedge.
Argentina), animals. Hunting and
Africa Resourceless using of old
(Somalia), part region weapons.
of Australia,
Asia, Greenland
and Antarctica.
 Analysis of Population – Resource Ratio Classification

Merits of the classification:

Novel Effort
Qualitative Aspect
Statistical Base
Based on serious study
Popularity

Demerits of the classification:

Only a promising beginning
Lack of sufficient data
Need of a proper scale
Conceptual framework
Varieties of focalized facts