What do I need to know about population and urban geography? Factors that Influence Population Characteristics of Human Populations Birth and death rates Distribution Natural resources (People live near Age distribution arable land, water, and other Male/female distribution resources that are valuable like oil) Life expectancy Climate (hot/cold; wet/dry) Infant mortality Economic development Urban/rural Government policy GDP Rural/urban settlement Ethnicity Capital resources Language Conflicts Religion Education Factors that influence growth rates Modern medicine and hygiene If Push Factors (factors that cause people to – fewer people die of disease the migrate to other places) population will increase Overpopulation Education Religious persecution Industrialization and urbanization Lack of job opportunities (Mexicans – Industrialized countries have lower immigrating to the United States) population growth rates Agricultural decline (people leaving Economic development the Sahel in Africa because of Government policy has a one desertification) – child policy Conflict Role of women in society In Political persecution (Cubans – countries where women have fewer immigrated to the U.S. because of the opportunities for education and to political persecution of Fidel Castro work the birth rate is normally and the communists) higher Natural hazards droughts, floods, – famines, volcanic eruptions Impact of migrations on regions Limits on personal freedom Language Environmental degradation Religion and religious freedom Customs/traditions Pull Factors Cultural landscape Religion Economic opportunity Land availability Political freedom Ethnic and family ties Arable land Examples of Site Examples of Situation Harbor sites: New York City; Situation is another name for Alexandria, Egypt,; Istanbul, Turkey relative location the location of a – Island sites: Paris (originally located city with respect to geographic on an island in the Seine River) Hong features, regions, resources, and Kong, Singapore transport routes Fall line sites: Richmond, Virginia Baghdad Command of land – between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What do I need to know about population and urban geography? Factors that Influence Population Distribution Natural resources (People live near arable land, water, and other resources that are valuable like oil) Climate (hot/cold; wet/dry) Economic development Government policy Rural/urban settlement Capital resources Conflicts Factors that influence growth rates Modern medicine and hygiene – If fewer people die of disease the population will increase Education Industrialization and urbanization – Industrialized countries have lower population growth rates Economic development Government policy – has a one child policy Role of women in society – In countries where women have fewer opportunities for education and to work the birth rate is normally higher Impact of migrations on regions Language Religion and religious freedom Customs/traditions Cultural landscape Characteristics of Human Populations Birth and death rates Age distribution Male/female distribution Life expectancy Infant mortality Urban/rural GDP Ethnicity Language Religion Education Push Factors (factors that cause people to migrate to other places) Overpopulation Religious persecution Lack of job opportunities (Mexicans immigrating to the United States) Agricultural decline (people leaving the Sahel in Africa because of desertification) Conflict Political persecution (Cubans immigrated to the U.S. because of the political persecution of Fidel Castro and the communists) Natural hazards – droughts, floods, famines, volcanic eruptions Limits on personal freedom Environmental degradation Pull Factors Religion Economic opportunity Land availability Political freedom Ethnic and family ties Arable land Examples of Site Examples of Situation Harbor sites: New York City; Alexandria, Egypt,; Istanbul, Turkey Island sites: Paris (originally located on an island in the Seine River) Hong Kong, Singapore Fall line sites: Richmond, Virginia Situation is another name for relative location – the location of a city with respect to geographic features, regions, resources, and transport routes Baghdad – Command of land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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