Addtional - Question:
Que: What is The Human Resources?
Ans:
1. Any nation's greatest resource is its people. The skills and abilities of people turn nature into resources.
2. People are the building block of a country's development.
3. Human resources are unequally distributed across the globe.
4. Increased population indicates rich human resources.
Que: Factors Affecting the Distribution of Population?
Ans:
1. The geographical factors affecting the distribution of population are as follows—
(a) Topography: Plains like the Ganga plains of India are more suitable for human settlements as they provide facilities for farming and other manufacturing activities. Hence, plains have more population than mountainous regions.
(b) Water: As water is a necessity for survival, people prefer settling in areas with easy availability of freshwater like the river valley regions.
(c) Climate: Extreme hot or cold climates like that of the Sahara desert or polar regions are not favourable for human settlements. They prefer staying in regions with climatic conditions neither too hot nor too cold.
(d) Soil: Fertile soils promote agriculture and hence attract humans. This is the reason why Ganga and Brahmaputra plains, Hwang-Ho plains, plains formed by the Nile river are densely populated.
(e) Minerals: Areas having mineral deposits attract the human population as such areas are good sources of employment. For instance, with the discovery of oil in the middle-east vast populations have settled there.
2. The social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the distribution of population are as follows—
(a) Social Factors: Areas with better education, housing, health establishments, and other such facilities attract more population. For instance, the city of Pune.
(b) Cultural Factors: Areas with high cultural and religious significance also attract the population. For example, every year several Hindus visit Haridwar and often settle there because of the place’s religious importance for them.
(c) Economic Factors: Industrial areas tend to attract the population because of high employment opportunities.
