1. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

2. WHERE
HOW
WHY

3. Human Geography
• Global issues- topics/events that have the ability
to change the way each person lives their day-to-
day life
• Human geography- study of the world, its
people, community, and cultures
• Inter-connectedness- close connection of all
humans, animals, and plants
• Global village- the world and all of the
inhabitants of planet earth as a small village
system

4. Today’s Terms
• Population- group of people living within a
particular region or space with well-established
boundaries (ex. Canada)
• Exponential population growth- ultra –rapid
poluation growth that occurs over a short period
of times
• Demography- study and analysis of population
numbers
• Census- formal counting of people, records
population numbers

5. Population Growth
• 6000 BCE- 5 million
• 1 CE- 250 million
• 1810- 1 billion
• 1960- 3 billion
• 2010- 6,840,507, 000
• 2100- UN estimates 10 billion

6. Census
• Not very accurate
– Why?
• Poverty
• Illiteracy
• Tax evasion

7. Urban vs. Rural
• Urban (city)
• Rural (outlying areas)

8. Population Density
• Concentration of people living in a geographic
area
• To calculate: divide total number of people
living in an area by the area they occupy
Example: 10,000 = 100
100 sq.km people per
sq. km

9. Canadian Population
• +33 million
• Approx. 3 people per sq. km
• BC- approx 4.2 people per sq. km
• Downtown Vancouver- 20,000+ per sq. km
• Bangladesh- 1000 people per sq. km
• China and Indian =2 billion

10. Windsor to Quebec Corridor
• Canada’s largest cities in 1100 km stretch
– Windsor
– London
– Hamilton
WHY?
– Toronto
– Ottawa
– Montreal
– Quebec