GGR208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Soil Fertility, Population Pyramid
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Major ways geographers examine populaion structure: distribuion, density. Do you know what our populaion looks like (canada) The spaial perspecive that descirbes and explains the spaial difereniaion of populaion density. Asia is largely populated around china, populaion is so high because of the ferile land which is used for farming. Areas like the horn of africa are scarcely populated due to the land being mostly desert. A major cause in population distribution is climate. 70% of canadians live along the canada u. s border. Populaion distribuion can be about other characterisics such as: Deiniion : people per unit of space (crude deiniion) Crude density : the total number of people divided by the total land area. Might think of density of how well a populaion is distributed. When talking about density the distribuion must be considered. Ex if this classroom was a country it would be very dense. The internal characterisics of a populaion (such as age and sex)
