Rural / urban settlement: residential area where ppl live in countryside/cities Site: area which settlement is built on Situation: area surrounding settlement Factors affect location of settlements Wet point sites- water supply Dry point sites- higher land near river...
Central Business District (CBD) Characteristics of land use High rise buildings High density land use High traffic congestion Good transport links High order settlements High land cost Functions - retail, entertainment, financial services, other professional services...
Population Pyramid Population structure - how the population can be divided up Young dependent - ppl aged 0-14 Economically active - ppl who work (aged 15-64) Old dependent - ppl aged 64-80+ Describe the shape of the pyramid. (3) Base, top - narrow / wide (Less)...
Population density - no of ppl living in km2 What is measured by pop density? How closely together ppl live Factors influence pop distribution Explain how climate influence pop distribution (5) Explain how different physical factors influence pop density (4) Climate...
Birth rate - no of ppl born per 1000 in a pop per year Death rate - no of ppl died per 1000 in a pop per year Natural population change - difference between birth rate & death rate Overall population change - difference between BR & DR +/- for migration...
Migration - movement of ppl from one place to another Immigration - ppl enter country to live/work Emigration - ppl leave country to live/work Net migration - immigration - emigration Illegal immigrants - ppl who doesn't have permission to travel into a country...