Features a variety of engaging infographics that teach readers all about world population including fascinating statistics about the gender, history, religion, and density of the world's population.
how will globalization and climate change affect migration and settlement?
Challen, Paul C
2010
Examines issues related to migration in the early twenty-first century, especially how globalization and climate change influence large-scale human migrations.
what is the environmental impact of human migration and settlement?
Morgan, Sally
2010
Discusses how natural habitats and wilderness areas are impacted by the needs of a growing population of humans for land on which to farm and build towns and cities, and examines how urbanization leads to an increase in carbon emissions and related environmental problems.
Defines settlements and their history and how they have changed over time. Examines where people live and how they settle in places near their work and what kind of housing they have. Discusses shopping centers which are generally found near settlements as well as public services and transportation. Also contains information about recreation and entertainment areas nearby, and concludes with data about its capital city and population growth.
Describes the migration of people and settlement around the world discussing such topics as pollution and congestion, transportation, and escaping natural disasters.
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
Explains where people live, the different kinds of buildings, shelters, and settlements they use, and how they control their energy, food, water, and waste. Includes case studies and activities.
Color illustrations and text describe how people live in the city, in villages, in a maritime community, on an island, in the mountains, during a northern winter, and in other areas.
