- table of figures
- graph (evolution curb)
- bar chart
- pie chart
- population pyramid
When studying a graph or statistics table, you need to note its:
- aim (see title and legend)
- major tendencies
- extremes
- irregularities
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Graphs and statistics
World population distribution
Factors that explain population distribution:
- relief
- water
- climate
- soil
- vegetation
- disease and pests
- natural resources
- economies
- communication networks
- political, social and cultural factors
Demographic transition model
The demographic transition model explains how human populations go,
over a lengthy period of time, from a situation of demographic stability with
high birth and death rates, to a situation of demographic stability with low
birth and death rates.
Neolithic demographic revolution
The Neolithic demographic revolution started 10,000 years ago. Following the invention of agriculture and animal rearing, human groups settled (stopped being nomadic) and the population of the world started to slowly increase. Villages, then cities, and finally States were established; social groups became non-egalitarian and violent (wars).
"Settlement" means:
- the process of settling an area (exempli gratia: “the Irish settled in America”)
- a small community.
Population vocabulary
Population: a group of people within a particular place (country, region, town, etc.).
Population distribution: the way in which a population is spread over an area.
Population density: population per kilometer squared (for example: 78 people/km2).
Population density: population per kilometer squared (for example: 78 people/km2).
Demography
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