001 - Population Distribution
Geographic knowledge and understanding
Physical and human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale. Global patterns and classification of economic development:
low-income countries
middle-income countries and emerging economies
high-income countries
Concept
There are various physical and human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale. These factors vary in their scale and power.
Aims
To be able to describe and explain the physical and human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale.
To be able to discuss which are the most important physical factors and the most important human factors affecting population distribution.
Key Terminology
Urbanisation
Immigration
Median, mean and mode
Define the key terms above using the useful links below:
Useful Links
Activity One - Watch
As you already know the global population of people is increasing but where do they live? Are there similarities that occur across the world and the different continents? Watch the clip below and write down a description of the global distribution of the population.
Is there a pattern to the global distribution of people? Describe it.
Mindmap the potential reasons why people are clustered in certain areas of the world.
Useful Resource
Lights of Human Activity
NASA
Activity Two - Skills
Learning new skills is an important element of the Geography course. One of the skills is being able to discuss the different ways that data can be represented and whether it is successful or not. Looking at the maps below which one represents population density more successfully. Write down your answer with an explanation.
Useful Resources
Activity Three - Comprehension
We are now going to go a little old school and use your textbook by Simon Oakes Pages 1 -3 to complete the following question.
State and explain the physical factors affecting population distribution at the global scale.
State and explain the human factors affecting population distribution at the global scale.
Useful Resource
Geography Global Change
Simon Oakes
Exam Style Question
Explain two possible human or physical factors that affect population distribution at the global scale [2 + 2]