GEO 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Carrying Capacity, Mortality Rate, Birth Rate
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20694 per sq. km (or about 21,000 per sq. km) Physiological density: the number of people supported by a unit of arable land (suited for agriculture) Considers the ecological carrying capacity of a region. Agricultural density: the ratio of number of farmers to the amount of arable land. The netherlands has a smaller agricultural density than egypt. The characteristics of the physical environment in heavily populated regions. Agriculturally productive land and temperate climate; convenient transportation; resources. The characteristics of the physical environment in sparsely populated regions. When an area is populated too heavily for the capacity of the environment to support life at decent standards of living. When an area is overpopulated, destruction of nonrenewable resources is common. This destruction is a direct result of exceeding the carrying capacity of the land. Carrying capacity: the ability of land/food resources to support a population. An essay on the principle of population (1798) Humans can adapt the environment and cultivation strategie.
