Economic: (e.g. Mali) most workers are (e.g. Netherlands) Percentage of employed in farming have very efficient workforce because mostly subsistence farming industries employed in farmers who have to grow which require very agriculture own food few workers Can tell you a lot Few other places that can Their economy is about a country get food from or simply highly developed because of a very can’t afford to buy it meaning most people high proportion of are employed in many Also few other industries for workforce in people to get jobs in as other jobs and agriculture shows industries which are country is less developed less developed available and which Lack of money to invest in country provide higher setting up new businesses incomes than farming Physical and human factors influencing global population distribution Human Factors: FACTOR High Low JOB OPPORTUNITIES Industries in urban areas encourage people to move to find work Cities (e.g. Rio de Janeiro) have a high population density as there are a variety of job opportunities TRANSPORT Remote areas which are Areas which are accessible (COMMUNICATIONS) isolated and have poor (e.g. Central Lowlands of transport links do not Scotland) attract industries. Places with good transport links (e.g. roads, airport aract people and industries GOVERNMENT AID Industries locate where where they are government funding is available. poor quality (e.g. on People move into these areas for steep slopes) few work. crops can be grown Population density in areas (e.g. Syria) is falling as people
Economic: Percentage of workforce employed in agriculture Can tell you a lot about a country because of a very high proportion of workforce in agriculture shows less developed country (e.g. Mali) most workers are employed in farming because mostly subsistence farmers who have to grow own food Few other places that can get food from or simply can’t afford to buy it Also few other industries for people to get jobs in as country is less developed Lack of money to invest in setting up new businesses (e.g. Netherlands) have very efficient farming industries which require very few workers Their economy is highly developed meaning most people are employed in many other jobs and industries which are available and which provide higher incomes than farming Physical and human factors influencing global population distribution Human Factors: FACTOR High Low JOB OPPORTUNITIES Industries in urban areas encourage people to move to find work Cities (e.g. Rio de Janeiro) have a high population density as there are a variety of job opportunities TRANSPORT (COMMUNICATIONS) Areas which are accessible (e.g. Central Lowlands of Scotland) Places with good transport links (e.g. roads, airport aract people and industries Remote areas which are isolated and have poor transport links do not attract industries. GOVERNMENT AID Industries locate where government funding is available. People move into these areas for work. where they are poor quality (e.g. on steep slopes) few crops can be grown Population density in areas (e.g. Syria) is falling as people
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