Globally, more than 4 billion people live in urban areas. This is projected to increase to more than 7 billion by 2050. Urbanisation rates are increasing rapidly in developing countries as people ...

One of the most curious things about China's population is that the overwhelming majority live in the eastern part of the ...

Temporally dynamic population distribution data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland, is presented at the level of 250 m by 250 m statistical grid cells. An hourly population distribution ...

Because of this, exponential growth may apply to populations establishing new environments, during transient, favorable conditions, and by populations with low initial population density.

Population density (often abbreviated PD) is a compound measure that tells us roughly how many people live in an area of known size. It is commonly used to compare how 'built-up' two areas are.

This article was originally published with the title “ Population Density and Social Pathology ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 206 No. 2 (February 1962), p. 139 doi:10.1038 ...

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