note of 11/8/2018

The culture landscape
where is the world population distributed?
why is global population increasing?
why do population growth vary among areas?
why do some regions face health threats?
population concentrations
2/3 of the world's inhabitants are clustered in 4 regions
East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia,Europe
site ad situation of population clusters
low-lying areas with fertile soil and temperate climate
near an Ocean or near a river with easy access to an ocean
sparsely population regions
Humans avoid clustering in certain physical environments
Dry land
Wet land
Lold Land
High land
places of permanent human sttlement are termed the ecumene