Population Patterns: What Factors Determine the Location and Growth of Human Settlements? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780778751977)

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.

Author: Natalie Hyde
ISBN-10: 077875197X
ISBN-13: 9780778751977
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.90h x 8.00w x 0.14d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136031 / Population Patterns: What Factors Determine the Location and Growth of Human Settlements?


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 97