GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 1, Doubling Time
19 Feb 2016
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Introduction to population geography starting on october 7th for 3 classes (read book for october 8th class) Population geography: the study of spatial expressions of population. What is the density of huma settlement. 9. 60 billion global population has growth 1. 4 billion in the last 18 years, 210,000 people added per day. Video: 7 billion reasons to think about 7 billion national geographic megacity: population of over 10 million. Population growth rate: ~ 1. 2% (1. 13% 2015) per year doubling time would take only 54 years. Nature and consequences of growth: differential (unequal) population growth. 10% of births occurred in the more developed world consequences? (think: what is where, why there, why care) Provision of health care and social services. Factors: physical geographic (climate) and human geographic (concentrated population; China or india vs. sahara desert or north america) Recall the world is divided into haves" and have nots" with respect to social and economic development.
