Population Patterns: What Factors Determine the Location and Growth of Human Settlements?

By:

Natalie Hyde

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Investigating Human Migration & Settlement

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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 transportion 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.

Release date Australia

January 15th, 2010

Author

Natalie Hyde

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Country of Publication

Canada

Illustrations

Maps; Illustrations, color

Imprint

Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada

Interest Age

From 10 to 14 years

Pages

Publisher

Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada

Reading Age

From 11 to 12 years

Series

Investigating Human Migration & Settlement

Dimensions

213x255x10

ISBN-13

9780778751823

Product ID

3831025

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