Population density

In 2000, there were over 665 million people living in Sub-Saharan African countries (U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division), which is on average 28 persons per square kilometre. The most populous countries are Mauritius (584 persons per sqd km. in 2000) Rwanda and Burundi (337 persons and 266 persons per sqd km. in 2000 respectively). The lowest population densities can be found in Namibia, Mauritania and Botswana (2,3 persons, 2,4 persons and 2,9 persons per sqd km in 2000 respectively).…

With over 7.6 million km² for a population of only about 22.7 million people (the lowest population density worldwide), the island continent Australia is quite a unique country (Australian Government, n.d.). Even though it counts as an industrial and well developed western country, it encounters many challenges in providing health care for 2.3% of the population due to it´s geography. These little over 500.000 people have settled in Australia’s rural areas, hundreds of kilometers away from the…

When dealing with small town police departments, many issues tend to arise when comparing the problems faced in a small town to an urban environment (Johnson, 2000). Some factors that small-town areas face include budget constraints, response time difficulties, and community relations (Gordner, 2006). These issues greatly affect rural areas due to a high poverty rates, low unemployment, and detrimental funding issues (Gordner, 2006). These problems cause small-town police departments to have…

Ethiopia- The population is 107,534,882 million and the GDP is 8.5 million. The resources of the Staple crops include a variety of grains, such as wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, and millet; coffee; pulses; and oilseed. Grains are the primary staples of the diet and pulses are a principal source of protein in the diet. Over 90 percent of large-scale industries are state-run, as opposed to less than 10% of agriculture. Public industries include the garment, steel, and textile industries, while most…

geographical area under forests, parks and trees covers making it one of the greenest cities of the country. It is one of the modern planned cities of India. Chandigarh has a geographical area of about 140 sq,km, has a population of about 10,54,686 according to 2011 census and density around 7912 persons/ sq.km. The per capita availability of green space is around 55 sq.m and the number of green spaces in terms of green belt/parks/gardens is around 1400, maintained by the Municipal Cor-poration…

by living in a community. In Population In Brief 2015, (National Population and Talent Division, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore Department of Statistics, Ministry of Home Affairs, & Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, 2015) it stated that Singapore’s population as of June 2015 was at 5.54 million, residing in 719.1 square kilometres plot of land. The population density is 7704 per square kilometres, making Singapore a densely populated city. With the population of the country projected…

disinvestment (as the middle class residents moved to the suburbs) along with the social problems during that time (Bernt, 2012). Between the 1950s and 1980s, the poverty rate increased up to 40% and the neighborhood has lost almost a third of its population, where entire blocks were given up by their owners or boarded up (Bernt, 2012). The situation was so dire in Harlem that researchers concluded that it required “special consideration analogous to that given to natural-disaster areas”…

everything you made need or want all within a mile or two. This convenience can almost be considered as a luxury due to the time you can save by having all your shopping needs handled within a mile of your home. There is the consideration of the population density in the urban setting that could lead to more traffic issues in and around the residential areas, however this can usually be overlooked due to the overall convenience of having everything you need close at…

Yerisa F. Abreu Ms. Jassinya Alvarado Societal Issues 21 February 2018 Societal Writing Assignment Overpopulation happens when a species' population exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. The United States is already overpopulated in the sense that we are consuming our national. The way we are taking space from our nation doesn’t only mean we are running out of space to live but that we are making this into a social issue. If this overpopulation continues we soon won't have…

geographical regions known as service planning areas (SPAs). The SPAs range in size, population density, diversity and from rural to densely urban with six out of eight SPAs having more than a million residents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) is strategically located in a federally designated medically underserved area and serves a medically underserved population. CHMC encompasses a large area that includes all or portions of the…