What Makes a Community Sustainable?
Regions/Boundaries (political)
Agriculture and Vegetation
Natural Resources
Economic Features
Human Settlement
Ecosystems and Habitats
Urban/Rural
Population Density
Contains three main categories of density
High Density
High density refers to when there are more than
150 people per square kilometer in a certain area or community.
Moderate Density
Moderate Density usually refers to when the density
of an area is between 50 to 150 people per square kilometer
Low Density
Low density usually refers to when the density
of an area is below 50 people per square kilometer
Links with population distribution, which is the spread of people across the world ( or where people live )
Population Distribution contains three categories
Scattered Distribution
Scattered distribution refers to when an area has
widely spread distributions of people.
Scattered distributions usually applies in rural areas
Linear Distribution
Linear distribution refers to when an area has
a density where it's population is in a linear order.
Linear refers to straight, which means
that the population on some maps is shown
in a straight line, which may vary in different directions
Clustered Distribution
Subtopic
Clustered distribution refers to when an area
has very clustered density, and it's population are
very packed together.
Clustered distribution is commonly seen
in urban areas.
Population Density is the number of people living per the unit of an area.
The formula for calculating population density is
number of people divided by area of land
Physical Features and Landscape (Landforms)
Animals
Terrain
Terrain is very important because it affects how the community acts in trading, buying, and selling.
Water
Water is a huge factor of a landscape. Water comes in lakes,ponds,oceans and sea's. Water is essential to life and sustainability in many ways. First, how is industrialization of food possible when there is no water to keep the soil fertile. This will make the community very hungry and always searching for meat. Second, no source of water is bad for health and medical reasons. Scarce sources of water will make the life in the community thirsty, leading the community collapse. 80% of illness in developing communities are due to the lack of water. Finally how would people treat medicine, and clean their bodies. In developing communities and Africa get sick due to no bathing. 80% of illness in developing communities are due to the lack of water sources. So having water as a physical landscape in a region is very important to its sustainability.
