1. Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability
Gr. 8

2. Human Settlement: Spatial Patterns

3. Choropleth Maps
Choropleth maps p. 10
P. 10 #1-3

4. Demography, Distribution, and Density
Demography p. 4-5
P. 4 #1-2
P. 6 Timeline of world population growth
Population distribution vs. density p. 7-9
Map: World Population Density p. 314
P. 9 #1, 3, 4

5. Population Pyramids P
P. 76
P. 49 #8

6. Settlement Patterns linear, scattered, clustered (p. 54)
Define and map each pattern in your notebook

7. Why People Live Where They Live
Natural Environment
Land for Human Settlements (p )
Water for Life (p. 15)
Economic Conditions (p. 16)
History (p. 17)
P. 17 #2, 3

8. Land-Use Issues

9. Land-Use
Land overview p. 52
P. 52 #2ab
Changing patterns p. 57

10. Rural Land-Use
Rural areas p. 53

11. Change
Change p
P. 55 #1b

12. Urban
Urban Land Use p
P. 58 #1
P. 63 # 1, 2

13. Conflict
Land Use Conflicts p
p. 67 # 1-3

14. Review: Land Uses
Population grows, but our land area does not—What are the consequences of this?
What can we do to reduce the overuse of our natural resources?
What have been trends in terms of where people have chosen to live in the last 100 years: urban vs rural; developed vs developing countries
What are land use conflicts? What are some examples?
In what ways do settlements vary?

15. Current Trends in Human Settlement

16. Current Trends in Human Settlement: Swelling Cities
Swelling Cities p
P. 109 #1-2
Rural Inhabitants p. 110
Megacities p
The Greening of Cities p
P. 113 #2, 3

17. Test Review: Current Trends (p. 108-113)
Factors pushing people to cities in developing and developed countries.
Human and environmental problems that happen because of urbanization.
Why developing countries struggle with rapid urbanization and developed countries don’t.
What are ideas from urban geographers to make cities more resource-efficient and less polluting.
Why people are moving out of rural areas and into urban areas.
What is a megacity?
What is infrastructure and how is it affected by rapid urbanization?