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NCERT Class 8 Geography Chapter 6: Human Resources
NCERT Class 8 Geography
Chapter 6: Human Resources
Human Resource
- Ultimate Resource
- Differ in Education, Age & Sex
- 90% people live on 10% area
- Most in N. Hemisphere
- 3⟋4th in Asia & Africa
- 60% in 10 Nations
Density of Population
- People on unit of Area
- Average Density Worldwide: 45 persons/km2
- South Central Asia > East Asia > SE Asia
Factors Affecting Population Distribution
- Geographic
- Climate – Sahara or Polar Regions
- Topography - Ganga
- Soil
- Water
- Mineral – Diamonds in S. Africa
- Social - Pune
- Cultural – Varanasi, Jerusalem
- Economic – Osaka, Mumbai
Population Change
- 1820 – 1 billion
- 1970 – 3 billion (150 years)
- 1999 – 6 billion (30 years - Doubled)
- Birth Rate – Live Births per 1000
- Death Rate – Deaths per 1000
- Migration – Movement in & out (Immigration & Emigration)
- Natural Change = BR – DR
- Kenya – High Population Growth Rate – High BR & High DR
- UK – Low BR & DR
- Japan & Bangladesh – Densely Populated
- Population Composition – Structure of Population – Gender, Age, Employment, Education, Income & Health
Population/Age – Sex Pyramid
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