Physical geography involves the earth’s land areas, bodies of water, plant life, etc. Physical geographers help in making decisions about managing different types of resources such as water, forests and land. Human geography is more about people’s religion, culture, and way of life. Human geographers aid in planning cities and the formulation of international business…
Landforms, soils, climate, water, natural vegetation, and diverse flora and fauna are some elements of the physical environment.
Houses, villages, cities, road-rail networks, industries, farms, ports, furniture, etc. are some examples that human beings have created through elements provided by the physical environment.
Economic factors that influence the distribution of population in the world are: Minerals: Areas rich in mineral deposits result in better employment opportunities and hence have higher population concentration. Industrial towns are found to develop near mining centres. They favour high density of population. For e.g., Durgapur and Jamshedpur. Urbanisation: Urban settlements offer better standard…
The factors influencing the distribution and density of population in the world may be classified into three broad categories. These are as follows: (i) Geographical Factors: Availability of water: It is the most important factor for life. So, people prefer to live in areas where fresh water is easily available. Water is used for drinking,…
Population density is defined as the number of persons that occupy a fixed area of land (square kilometer). Population density is an important index that shows the concentration of population in a specific area. A simple method to calculate the density of the population is to divide the total population of an area by the…
Demographic transition theory can be used to describe and predict the future population of any area. The theory tells us that population of any region changes from high births and high deaths to low births and low deaths as society progresses from rural agrarian and illiterate to urban industrial and literate society. These changes occur…
Density of population is expressed as number of persons per unit area. Density of Population = Population/Area Four geographical factors that influence the distribution of population in the world : 1. Availability of water: It is the most important factor for life. So, people prefer to live in areas where fresh water is easily available….
The areas with high population density across the world have at least one or usually multiple factors favourable for the settlement of population. Wherever people found conducive conditions for living, they have been settling there. With passage of time and growth of population, these areas became regions of thick population density. For example, the regions…