POPULATION GEOGRAPHY Georgetown ISD人口地理信息乔治敦.pptVIP

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY Tokyo-How would you be different? metro=35 million Mumbai, India-20 million-60,000 per sq mile St Thomas WORLDWIDE POPULATIONGROWTH 80 Million a year 220,000 per day WHY? WELL…. More food grown Better food grown Better sanitation Modern medicine CALCULATING POPULATIONGROWTH Birth Rate – Death Rate = growth rate POPULATION PYRAMIDS Shows age/sex distribution of a population WHY SHOULD I CARE? YOUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE OVERPOPULATION!! 12 BILLION BY 2050 YOUR TURN What are some problems that would arise from having more people on earth? POPULATION DENSITY, DISTRIBUTION, MOVEMENT II. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION A. Spread unevenly 1.90% In Northern Hemisphere 2.75% in Asia B. Areas favorable to settlement 1. people seek mild climates, fertile soil, fresh water, edges of continents POPULATION DENSITY Subway in Taiwan III. POPULATION DENSITY A. It’s the # of people living per square mile - Canada=8 NYC=55,423 B. People crowd into areas favorable to settlement CARRYING CAPACITY # of living things a piece of land can support DETERMINING FACTORS Fertility of land Farming technology Access to fresh water EXCEEDING CARRYING CAPACITY “If humans cant control the explosive population growth in the coming century, disease and starvation will do it.” (Ecology Dept., Cornell University) EXCEEDING CARRYING CAPACITY -FUTURE PROBLEMS Competition for fresh water (war) Loss of farmland (less food) Depletion of fossil fuels (no energy) Mass migration