Human Environments

Population Urban Rural

Population

What you need to know:

In the context of developed and developing countries:

use of social and economic indicators

physical and human factors influencing global population distribution

factors affecting birth and death rates

Urban

What you need to know

In the context of urban areas:

characteristics of land-use zones in cities in the developed world

recent developments in the CBD, inner city, rural/urban fringe in developed world cities

recent developments which deal with issues in shanty towns in developing world cities

Rural

What you need to know

In the context of rural areas:

changes in the rural landscape in developed countries related to modern developments in farming such as: diversification, impact of new technology, organic farming, genetic modification, current government policy

changes in the rural landscape in developing countries related to modern developments in farming such as: genetic modification, impact of new technology, biofuels