Population Growth and Population Movement

 -Approximately 7 billion people on the planet  Population Grown due to-  -Lowering death rate-  oBetter health care  oBetter living conditions  oMore plentiful food supplies  - Birth rates grown-  oAsia  oAfrica  oLatin America

 -More food is needed for growing population  oAdvances in technology help increase food   Improved irrigation systems   Hardier plants  -Severe Lack of Food  oFamine- caused by warfare and crop failures  -Severe Lack of Water  -Lack of enough Housing  -More Services such as:  oHospitals  oSchools

 -30% of Earth’s surface is land  oOnly 50% of the land on Earth is livable

 -People are not evenly distributed around the world  oPeople choose to live where there are-   Fertile soil   Mild Climates   Natural Resources   Water Resources Rivers Coastlines

 -2/3 of the population is clustered  o5 Regions-   East Asia   South Asia   Southeast Asia   Europe   Eastern North America  oMore People Live near-   Cities   Jobs   Resources

 -Average # of people per sq. mile  oTotal Population %/Total Land Area  -Population Density Represents  oAverage # of people; not evenly distributed

 -Types of Migration-  oInternal Migration- same country; from farms and villages to cities   Search of jobs   Results in urbanization- growth of cities  oInternational Migration- between countries   Emigrate- leave country where born to move to another country   Immigrants- emigrant from original country Example- moving from U.S.A. to Canada

 -Immigration Increased greatly over past 200 years  -Reasons People Move-  Push Factors vs. Pull Factors   Better transportation   Shortage of Farmland   Need for Jobs   Disease   Warfare- Iraqi Refugees   Persecution s Rwanda Refugees   Natural Disasters- Hurricane Katrina Refugees

 Push factors convince people to leave their homes.  Pull factors attract them to other places.  Which of the reasons for moving on the previous slides are push factors, and which are pull factors?  Label each push or pull-

 oImpact on Regions they leave-   Population Decreases   Eases Overcrowding   Hurts Economy- due to loss of skilled/educated workers   Divides Families  oImpact on New Country-   New forms of art, music, food, languages   Fear/Resentment Can lead to violence, unjust treatment of immigrants