a. Physical factors (e.g., climate, landforms, water bodies) and human factors (e.g., culture, economics, history, politics) influence the distribution of population.
b. Factors that illustrate patterns of population distribution vary according to the scale
of analysis.
of analysis.
c. The three methods for calculating population density are arithmetic, physiological,
and agricultural.
and agricultural.
Population Density
Besides the skyscrapers, the Broadway shows, and the plethora of yummy food choices, one of the most amazing things to me about New York City is the massive waves of people that are continually moving along its streets. Whether at three in the morning or three in the afternoon, the streets are always humming. With this massive amount of people, New York City is a great example of a place with a very high population density. Today we're going to take a look at this concept of population density.
Stated rather simply, population density is a measurement of the number of people in an area relative to its size. Like many geographical concepts, it's not an exact number. It's usually more of an average or even an estimate. With this in mind, population density is most often calculated by the number of people per square kilometer.
Population density is often measured in three different ways. There is arithmetic density, physiological density, and agricultural density.
Besides the skyscrapers, the Broadway shows, and the plethora of yummy food choices, one of the most amazing things to me about New York City is the massive waves of people that are continually moving along its streets. Whether at three in the morning or three in the afternoon, the streets are always humming. With this massive amount of people, New York City is a great example of a place with a very high population density. Today we're going to take a look at this concept of population density.
Stated rather simply, population density is a measurement of the number of people in an area relative to its size. Like many geographical concepts, it's not an exact number. It's usually more of an average or even an estimate. With this in mind, population density is most often calculated by the number of people per square kilometer.
Population density is often measured in three different ways. There is arithmetic density, physiological density, and agricultural density.
d. The method used to calculate population density reveals different information about the pressure the population exerts on the land.