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

by Natalie Hyde

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077875197X
• ISBN13: 9780778751977
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9