Population and Settlements

Phil Evans and Chris Meddle

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A vital resource for your department

World population issues are perceived by many experts as the planet's most important problem, with the world's population expected to double by the year 2100.

For Geography at Key Stage 3 and GCSE courses, this pack uses statistics, maps and newspaper articles to take a world view of population and settlements. It approaches the subject in a lively way and sets out the facts, explains the concepts and involves the student in questions, data-handling exercises and case studies.

The looseleaf format, with licence to copy, means that the units are easy to present and require minimum teacher preparation.

Population and Settlements has been developed in close cooperation with Population Concern – an internationally recognised authority on population and settlement issues.

Contents

• World population growth
• World population distribution and density
• Population change - the demographic transition
• Population structure - 1 The census and pyramids
• Population structure - 2 Models and development
• Case study: Brazil - distribution and density
• Population policies
• Population movement
• Case study: Indonesia - migration
• Case study: Japan - the crowded islands
• Urban growth
• The consuming and producing city
• Case study: Sheffield - urban growth
• Case study: Southend-on-Sea - tourist town
• Urban transport problems
• Case study: Cambridge - solving the traffic problem?
• Death of the high street
• Case study: Meadowhall Shopping Centre
• New Towns
• Teacher's Notes
• Further information and resources