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Population Patterns: What Factors Determine the Location and Growth of Human Settlements? (Hardcover)
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Population Patterns: What Factors Determine the Location and Growth of Human Settlements? (Hardcover)
Series: Investigating Human Migration & Settlement
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List price R562
Loot Price R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
You Save R95 (17%)
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Why do people migrate to and settle in the places they do?
Fascinating examples in history help explain how the earliest human
settlements were situated close to fertile ground and rivers for
farming and raising livestock. Other determining factors have
included areas that offered defensive advantages, resources such as
metals, salt, and fossil fuels, and locations on trading routes. In
modern times proximity to commercial centers and transportation
links, such as railways, canals, and airports, have become more
important. Examples featured include settling the Nile in ancient
Egypt; the shaping of Central America by trade and colonization;
the Industrial Revolution in Britain; the opening up of the
American West; the Gold Rush; and the colonization of Australia.
The concepts of urbanization - the settlement and growth of cities
- and suburbanization, the return to the countryside and the growth
of commuter towns, are both examined.
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