Chapter 4: A Place to Live

Imagine you are soaring high above the earth on a clear night Imagine you are soaring high above the earth on a clear night. What do you see below you?

This map shows you the human-made lights which are highlighted by developed or populated areas of the Earths surface.

What patterns do you see?

Can you identify the parts of the world that are the most populated?

Some areas are completely dark; no one lives there Some areas are completely dark; no one lives there. Others are brightly lit; large numbers of people live in these places. Still other areas show isolated dots of light, indicating a scattering of communities. Take a closer look at Canada and the United States. What factors have influenced people, especially people here in Atlantic Canada, to settle where they have?

World Population

Population Patterns The population of Atlantic Canada is unevenly distributed across the four provinces. Where people live close together in a given area, the population is dense, crowded, or high; where there are only a few people in an area of a similar size, the population is sparse or low.

Activity High or Low?

Activity: High or Low? Collect your supplies Count your beans One partner needs to get the paper One partner needs to get the bean baggie Count your beans You should have a total of 40 Place all of your beans on the large square Is the bean population high (dense)or low (sparse)? Place all of your beans on the small square Is the bean population high (dense) or low (sparse)? Put your beans back into the bag.

Population Patterns Population Density – how many people living on a given area of land. It’s found by dividing the population by the area of a region.

Population ÷ Area = Population Density

Activity Calculating Population Density (You need a ruler and a calculator for this one)

Activity: Calculating Population Density Part 1: Count out 20 beans Find the area of the biggest square Area = length x width Place the 20 beans on the biggest square Calculate the population density PD = population ÷ area

Activity: Calculating Population Density Part 2: Count out 20 beans Find the area of the smallest square Area = length x width Place 20 beans on the smallest square Calculate the population density PD = population ÷ area

Activity: Calculating Population Density Answers The big square has a population density of 0.15? The little square has a population density of 0.73

Just because a region has a large population, does not mean it has a high population density.

Population – High/Low Density Homework Assignment Population – High/Low Density

Population Patterns

When describing the population of an area, both density and distribution must be considered. Population Distribution – where the population is located.

Where do people live?

The Rural-Urban Mix Match the following labels to the diagrams: Clustered, compact, loose knit, linear

The Rural-Urban Mix Compact Linear Clustered Loose knit Match the following labels to the diagrams: Clustered, compact, loose knit, linear

Atlantic Canadians live mostly in relatively small settlements scattered across the region. We call these rural areas. Rural Areas: sparsely settled areas in the countryside

In some areas, however, there is a cluster with higher population density. These areas are called urban centres. Large urban centres are also known as cities. Urban Centres: concentrations of people living in one area. Must have at least 1000 people and a population density of 400 or more persons/km2.

= population of 10 million or more Megacity = population of 10 million or more

Tokyo, Japan is the world’s largest megacity

Tokyo, Japan is the world’s largest megacity

Is Sussex an urban center or a rural area?

Rural Push – conditions such as unemployment which force people to leave the countryside. Urban Pull – conditions that attract people to cities.

Write 3 of these examples in your notes for push and pull

Unemployment Minimum wage Limited higher education Lack of health services Lack of facilities (shopping malls, movie theatres, restaurants, amusement parks, etc.) Lack of privacy Employment Higher incomes More housing options Better education (colleges or university) Better healthcare (specialized care) Urban facilities (shopping malls, amusement parks, restaurants, etc.)

Outmigration – movement away from an area. As we’ve seen, people move from one area to another for many reasons. While many stay within the same province or region, some move to other parts of Canada or even other parts of the world. We call this outmigration. Outmigration – movement away from an area.

Much of the outmigration from the Atlantic Provinces is to other parts of Canada, especially the prairie provinces, but some is to other countries. Boston, South-East Asia, and Japan have all attracted Atlantic Canadians in recent years.

Population Patterns You will need page 50 from the textbook for this. Assignment Population Patterns You will need page 50 from the textbook for this.

The Newfie Bullet

The “Newfie Bullet,” which actually moved quite slowly, was a passenger train that operated in the 1890s until the late 1960s.

The train was very important to Newfoundland for a number of reasons The train was very important to Newfoundland for a number of reasons. First, the Newfie Bullet helped open up the interior of the island. Costal communities were now able to be accessed by land.

Secondly, the train helped improve the economic conditions of those who lived there.

People in rural areas produced food and raw materials for people living in larger centers. The goods were now shipped via train and reached a larger market. People in towns and cities, in return, produced finished goods for people in rural areas.

It was also important because it allowed people to move more readily from rural areas to cities and towns and even off the island. People were able to travel to places that were inaccessible to them before.

The Newfie Bullet?

The Outmigration Blues