Population Geography
* Know the
attributes of population.
* Understand the distribution of the world population.
* Judge the cause
and eff ect of population growth.
* Estimate the problems of over population.
* Elucidate the pull and push factors of migration.
Do you know that 3,60,000 persons born every day in the world?
Four births take place every second in the world. 'Professor Stephen Hawking thinks
the human species will have to populate a new planet within 100 years if it is to
survive,' the BBC confirmed.
With climate change, overdue
asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our own planet is increasingly
precarious,' the news outlet continued.
Human being is an important element of
the environment and is probably the latest occupant of the earth, as its evolution
took place less than two million years ago. Although distribution and growth of
human population are influenced greatly by the physical environment, they have tremendous
capacity to modify the physical environment. Demography is the statistical study of human population. It includes
the study of size, structure and distribution of population as well as changes in
time and location in response to birth, migration, aging and death. ‘Population explosion’ is one of the greatest challenges that we are facing today.
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