Geography 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Northern Hemisphere, Cartogram, Spatial Analysis
3 Jun 2015
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Study of how spatial variations in the distribution, composition, migration, and growth of populations are related to the nature of places. Spatial analysis in relation to environmental variation. Since the world is very dynamic, different areas of the world will experience different pressures. If every person on earth took up 1 square meter of space, we would only fill the city of la. This means that there should be enough land on earth to accommodate the population. Associated with fertility rate (average number of offspring a female will have during her lifetime) and birth rate (births per 1000 people per year) Mortality - number of deaths in a population. Associated with death rate (deaths per 1000 people per year) Migration - permanently changing residence from one geographic location to another. Associated with immigration rate (immigrants per 1000 people per year), emigration rate (emigrants per 1000 people per year), net migration rate (immigration rate - emigration rate)
