1. Intro to Human Population Concepts

4. Agenda Population Intro Lesson Quiz 2.1/note check for Unit 1
Lecture/Text Book Discussion/Videos on Population Distribution
Activity
Intro Census Data website and Population Project requirements
Homework – Read 2.2 and take notes/definitions pgs
Learning Objectives:
PSO-2.B – Define methods geographers use to calculate population density.
PSO-2.C – Explain the differences between and the impact of methods used to calculate population density.

5. Population growth stresses the environment http://www. epa
Population growth stresses the environment and
Farms and erodes soils
Fishes and depletes oceans
Mines and consumes minerals/fuels
Builds and cuts/destroys forests
Water for human use – agriculture, industry and home use
All of this made more problematic by 4-fold pop. increases in 20th century
And for context…only 30% of earth is land. Only fraction (1/3) of that is habitable/arable

6. Let’s think about this…
During the last approximately 120 years…….
The world’s population has grown 4-fold
The world’s use of fresh water supplies has grown 8-fold
Explain and Discuss

7. How 7 Billion Occurs
grows-to-7-billion

8. World Population, Population Explosion and Carrying Capacity

9. Distribution of World Population
Demography- the scientific study of human population characteristics.
Population concentrations
The four largest population clusters contain 2/3 people
East Asia – one fifth total pop
South Asia – one fifth
Southeast Asia- 500,000
Asia - more than ½ of the entire world population!
Europe – one ninth
Other population clusters
Northeastern US/SE Canada, West Africa

10. Distribution of World Population
Ecumene- the portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
Sparsely populated regions
Dry Lands- arid north and south latitude
Cold Lands- high latitudes- 50 plus north and south latitude.
Wet Lands- tropics, severe mid-latitudes
High Lands- mountains
NOTE: There are exceptions to these patterns

11. Health
FOOD SUPPLY
Green Revolution helped stem hunger from pop. growth in 1960s
High meat consumption puts pressure on the environment
Further increased meat consumption lead to global food crisis (Where and why is this occurring?)
Rapid population growth can cause increase in disease
Epidemics/pandemics happen or are possible
Infant/child mortality is high in developing areas

12. STUDY OF POPULATION IS REALLY…..
ALL ABOUT WOMEN!!
Status of Women
Population control/reduction responsibilities have fallen largely on women
WHY? – Because low status = fewer rights
Female infanticide/abandonment
Education of women
Bottom Line – there is an inverse relationship between education level of women and population growth
Hans Rosling on Population – 10:00 min video – Let’s watch first 4 minutes
wth.html

13. In most parts of the world, why are women having fewer children?
Later marriage
Delaying childbirth (these two are different)
Higher cost of raising children
Urbanization
Status of women
Higher education levels
Higher economic status
Germany Statistic – In 2008, 39% of German women had reached the age of 40 without having had a child
Gender and population – Hans Rosling and the Magic Washing Machine – 9 min.

14. Think about where people are

15. Distribution
describes population locations on the Earth’s surface (where people live)

16. Density
measures number of people per unit area (per mile/km)

17. Arithmetic, Physiologic, and Agricultural Population Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Physiologic Population Density
population as an average per unit area
Dividing population by the A REAL unit (#sq mi/km)
Agricultural Density
Number of people supported by a unit area of arable land
For example – US has 404 people per square mile, or arable land
number of people per unit area of ARABLE land
Which of these is the LEAST helpful measure to understand population density?
Which is more accurate?
Which gives us more details?

18. How about Egypt as an example?
A.P.D. – 85 / mile
P.P.D. – 6,808 / mile (in 2013)
98% of Egypt’s population live on just 3% of the land
Egypt is said to be the most densely populated country in the world in terms of “useable land”

19. Major Population Concentrations
MAP pg. 50 –take a “mental snap shot” of this map and be able to answer questions about it
Let’s play “Where’s Waldo” –
Australia, Saudi Arabia, Java, China, Canada
East Asia
South Asia
Europe
North America

20. MEGALOPOLIS or CONURBATION
Tokaido in Japan

21. Bosnywash in the U.S.

22. Locally Lexington…
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23. Think about the spatial components of this – 5% of the world’s population is in BLUE. 5% of the world’s population is in the RED area. ttp://metrocosm.com/the-global-extremes-of-population-density/

24. Jot down these cities because it’s not in your text
Megacities - Top Ten Cities – 1950
Name
Population 1
New York, USA
12,463,000 2
London, United Kingdom
8,860,000 3
Tokyo, Japan
7,000,000 4
Paris, France
5,900,000 5
Shanghai, China
5,406,000 6
Moscow, Russia
5,100,000 7
Buenos Aires, Argentina
5,000,000 8
Chicago, USA
4,906,000 9
Ruhr, Germany
4,900,000 10
Kolkata, India
4,800,000

25. Top Twenty Cities 1950 WHAT CHANGED??? 2010
New York, USA
12,463,000
London, United Kingdom
8,860,000
Tokyo, Japan
7,000,000
Paris, France
5,900,000
Shanghai, China
5,406,000
Moscow, Russia
5,100,000
Buenos Aires, Argentina
5,000,000
Chicago, USA
4,906,000
Ruhr, Germany
4,900,000
Kolkata, India
4,800,000
1. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200, New York, United States - 17,800, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700, Seoul-Incheon, South Korea - 17,500, Mexico City, Mexico - 17,400, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan - 16,425, Manila, Philippines - 14,750, Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - 14,350, Jakarta, Indonesia - 14,250, Lagos, Nigeria - 13,400, Kolkata, India - 12,700, Delhi, India - 12,300, Cairo, Egypt - 12,200, Los Angeles, United States - 11,789, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 11,200, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,800, Moscow, Russia - 10,500, Shanghai, China - 10,000, Karachi, Pakistan - 9,800, Paris, France - 9,645,000
Population is not distributed evenly; Study maps on page 50!

26. Activity: Population
If you represented ten people and four squares on the floor were one square mile …
1. As a class; show me an even population distribution with ten people living in a square mile.
2. Show me a concentrated population distribution with 20 people living in a square mile
3. Show me an even population distribution with 40 people living in a square mile.
4. Show me a dense population distribution with high concentration with 100 people living in 4 square miles, NEAR ELECTRICITY.

28. Activity: Population
If you were ten people and four squares on the floor were one square mile …
1. Show me an even population distribution with ten people living in a square mile.
2. Show me a population distribution with 20 people living in a square mile
3. Show me a population distribution with 40 people living in a square mile near electricity.
4. Show me a population distribution with 240 people living in 4 square miles, CLOSE TO NATURAL LIGHT!

29. Population Project
We will work on this over the next couple class periods.
Look at your handout…

31. ‘J’ and ‘S’ Curves in demography