GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Demographic Transition, Tropical Disease
18 Jan 2017
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South is noticeably darker still developing. (cid:860)(cid:853)% of the world"s population live in developing countries. Population the sum total of all individuals who live in the same geographical area. Population can be applied to any scale. For example: continent, country, province, city. Population distribution where on the earth"s surface people live. Dot map common way to visualize population distribution, where one dot represents a certain number of people. Population density a measure of total pop in relation to total land area, t is the number of people located in a particular territorial unit. Canada"s population density in (cid:854)(cid:852)(cid:853)(cid:853) = (cid:855). (cid:857)/km(cid:854) Canada"s low population density is a function of large expanses of land unsuitable for settlement. In the north 0. 03/km2: ontario 13. 5/km2, pei 23. 9/km2. 2/3 people in canada live within 210 km of the border. All have large amounts of land that aren"t suitable for living.
