Population & Settlement

9 interactive Geography simulations on population & settlement.

Migration – push factors, pull factors and intervening obstacles Geography · Population & Settlement A map of a rural area (Aven) and three destinations: a nearby city, the more distant capital and a city in a... Ages 15–16
Urban Growth Over Time and Planning Choices Geography · Population & Settlement A city seen from above: a historic core at the center, with built-up rings spreading outward along transport routes.... Ages 12–13
World urbanisation 1950–2050 – urban share, megacities and stages of urban change Geography · Population & Settlement A world map of the share of people living in urban areas and of megacities (10 million+) for 1950, 1970, 1990, 2018,... Ages 15–16
Spatial diffusion – ideas, innovations and disease Geography · Population & Settlement In a fictional region with a capital, cities, towns and villages, choose what spreads (an innovation, an idea or an... Ages 16–17
Demographic transition model – five stages and their drivers Geography · Population & Settlement The demographic transition model with crude birth rate, crude death rate and total population across five stages,... Ages 15–16
Urban land-use models – bid rent, Burgess rings, Hoyt sectors, multiple nuclei and regional city models Geography · Population & Settlement Bid-rent curves for commercial, industrial and residential users fall with distance from the CBD; the highest bidder... Ages 15–16
Population distribution and density – factors, arithmetic, physiological and agricultural density, carrying capacity Geography · Population & Settlement A generalised world map of population density with overlays for physical factors (relief, climate, rivers and... Ages 15–16
Population pyramid – three shapes and forecasting by birth and death rates Geography · Population & Settlement A population pyramid by 5-year age group (male on the left, female on the right) shows three shapes: expansive (wide... Ages 15–16
Virtual Fieldwork – Urban Transect Enquiry Geography · Population & Settlement A complete human geography enquiry on screen: walk a 3 km transect from the centre of a fictional town to its edge.... Ages 15–16