Ap Human Geography Population Geography

Population Geography

“Population geography is a division of human geography. It is the study of the ways in which spatial variations in the distribution, composition, migration, and growth of populations are related to the nature of places.” (Wikipedia). In the past two generations, my family has undergone some changes. My grandparents moved from the desolate countryside to the surrounding city. My grandparents have five children, so they have to move to the city to find a great work to raise my mother's brother and sister to grow. Because my grandparents moved to the city, my mother got higher education. She has a high salary can raise me and give me a better education and living environment. My mother's brothers and sisters have only one

Fouberg, Erin, Alexander B. Murphy, H. J. de Blij, Catherine J. Nash (2015) point out that population migration is a very complex social phenomenon, affected by a variety of factors, in addition to natural and economic factors, a variety of social and cultural factors (such as politics, religion, culture, etc.) role cannot be ignored. Human beings are always moved to the natural environment is superior, more natural resources in the region, especially in the manual labor-based low level of productivity conditions,

Economic factors are of particular importance to population migration, and economic imbalances between countries and regions constitute the main causes of population migration. For example, the development of the American continent was carried out at the same time as the influx of immigrants from Europe and

Murphy, H. J. de Blij, Catherine J. Nash (2015) thought that population migration has some effects. For the move out of place: to strengthen the relocation to the outside world with the economy, science and technology, thought and culture. Especially for rural areas with large population pressure, the population relocation can alleviate the contradiction between the local people and the people, and can develop and utilize the agricultural land resources more rationally and have a positive effect on the protection of the rural natural environment, and sometimes to curb the economic development of the