For a Country you have Studied, Examine the Factors Influencing the Distribution of Population.

... For a Country you have Studied, Examine the Factors Influencing the Distribution of Population. The country I have studied is the UK, and I am going to explain the distribution on a national scale. Population distribution describes the way that people are located in an area. It can be shown on a dot map, a settlement map, or a population density map by region, shown in FIGURE 1 and can be calculated with the equation population ÷ area = population density Where a settlement is placed can be affected by many variables, such as human and physical factors, urban and rural push and pull factors, and government policies. Each factor has a different weighting, and this weighting may have been very different historically. This table shows the population distribution change in the UK over 100 years from 1800 to 1900: Year -1801 9'000'000 population 1 in 3 people in towns Year -1851 18'000'000 population 1

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