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POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
POPULATION
CENSUS DATA IS UNRELIABLE
our concern is with
GENERAL CONDITIONS, PATTERNS and TRENDS
for example
POPULATION DENSITY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, DEATH RATES, ETC.
400 MILLION PEOPLE ESTIMATED
CHARACTERISTICS OF GROWTH
EVERY COUNTRY OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST EXCEPT TUSINIA HAVE ABOVE AVERAGE RNI (RATES OF NATURAL INCREASE)
NORTH AFRICA - 2%
SUDAN - 2.7%
LYBIA - 2.4%
PALESTINIA - 3.5% YEMEN - 3.3%
IRAK, SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA - 2.7%
DEMOGRAPHY
defined as
STATISTICAL STUDY OF THE HUMAN POPULATION
35% OF THE POPULATION IS UNDER 15 YEARS AND ONLY 4% IS OVER 65
LIFE EXPECTANCY
defined as
NUMBER OF YEARS ONE CAN EXPECT TO LIVE
WORLD AVERAGE - 67 YEARS MENA REGION- 68 YEARS
SETTLEMENT
refers to
WHERE PEOPLE LIVE
geographers find answers to
IS THE POPULATION CLUSTERED OR SCATTERED? DOES PEOLE LIVE IN RURAL OR URBAN AREAS? DOES MIGRATION OCCUR? IF SO, WHICH FACTORS INFLUENCE THEIR DECISION? AND MANY MORE.
POPULATION DENSITY
refers to
NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AN SPECIFIC AREA
13 COUNTRIES WITHIN THE MENA REGION HAVE POPULATION DENSITIES THAT EXCEED THE WORLD'S AVERAGE
RURAL VS URBAN LIVING
URBAN LIFESTYLE
requires SKILLS such as
READING, WRITING MATHEMATICS
1 IN EVERY 2 NORTH AFRICANS LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 2/3s OF THE POPULATION LIVE IN URBAN AREAS
PRIMATE CITIES
MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CENTER
DOMINATE A COUNTRY
RURAL LIFESTYLE
people tend to be
TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE, TIED TO FOLK CULTURE
MIGRATION
PRIMARY MIGRATION PATTERN IN THE MENA REGION
is from
RURAL TO URBAN AREA
there are
ECONOMIC REASONS
OPPORTUNITIES SECURITY AMENITIES BETTER HEALTHCARE VARIETY OF JOBS
ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS
for example
DROUGHT OF THE SAHEL IN THE 70-80s
WAR CONFLICTS
for example
SUDAN IN RECENT YEARS OR ISRAEL - PALESTINE