GGR208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ecumene, Demography, Old Age
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How to examine the structure of a population: 1) distribution. 3) composition: -spatial differentiation of population distribution patterns and processes (variation). Where people live impacted by physical and social factors. Ie/ lay of land, accessibility, natural resources, trade relations, and socioeconomic prosperity) Population is very unevenly distributed on a global scale. Asia so densely populated because it is arable land, good for cultivating (farms). Main factor affecting global population distribution is climate. 70% of canadians are living along the usa/canada border. Ecumene: continuously inhabited area of a region (generally shaded pink on a map) Distribution can also be about other characteristics such as age, race etc: measure of how well a population is distributed. Crude density = total # people/ total land area. Crude" because it doesn"t speak to the variation in land, or the land that may not be habitable. When talking about density, distribution needs to be considered.
