Contents What are Population and Settlement Distribution and Density Population Growth FOCUS ON Overpopulation Gender and Age FOCUS ON Uganda and Japan Migration FOCUS ON UK Migration Settlement Sites FOCUS ON Athens Settlement Layout FOCUS ON Manila Changing Settlements Glossary Test Yourself Index 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
What are Population and Settlement USA page 13 If everyone on Earth today stood shoulder to shoulder they would fill an area the size of Los Angeles California around 501 square miles 1,300 sq km FOCUS ON Uganda page 14 Humans live all over the world and have settled permanently on every continent except Antarctica Settlements where people can live together such as villages towns and cities can be found across the globe Population We use the word population to describe the number of people living in an area This can be a city a country a continent or even the world The world population is currently 7 4 billion and growing every day Experts think that it will reach 10 billion by 2056 4
FOCUS ON FOCUS ON FOCUS ON UK page 18 to Read on about find out and population in settlements these areas India page 13 Settlements A settlement is a place where people live Settlements can be tiny such as single houses in rural areas or huge such as massive cities Most settlements are located near resources such as drinking water building materials and fertile land Japan page 15 Athens page 22 FOCUS ON Manila page 26 5
