Population+Patterns+and+Processes

Population Patterns and Processes (1.2 / 91008)

Latest [|population figures] from around the world. Just remember that these are estimates for the year. [|World population clock.] This is one example - there are others. New Zealand population clock. This will not automatically refresh like the world clock, but then it does not change as fast either!

This video shows a map with the world's population through time. It does take a wee while to get into the map, but it is interesting once you get there.

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This video by Richard Allaway explains the demographic transition model - Remember that demography is the study of population.

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Click here to see the progression of New Zealand's population through population pyramids

This site links to [|Te Ara] (a New Zealand encyclopaedia) that has information about the population of New Zealand.

This video is the one I show in class to start a discussion about countries not being uniform and how our impressions of a place may not match reality.

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[|Work until you drop]

An article about[| population sustainability]in Japan

[|Spending billions to boost the birth rate]

An article on the Dharavi slum in India

A great video by Kevin McCloud and his stay in Dharavi (part 1)

[|A great video by Kevin McCloud and his stay in Dharavi (part 2)]

[|This is the link to the stat on India that I showed in class]

The funeral Pyres on Varasni

[|Urbanisation in China]

On the general geography page there is a feed from a news site that feeds the latest geography news (scroll down to find it), many of these articles are based on populations.

Designed for students sitting their GCSE this site gives some general information about geography and then lets you test yourself for understanding.