GGH1501 Assignment 2 2020

Well answered assignment. I received a distinction (above 80%) for this assignment. Assignment Questions Question 1 Table 2: Country Comparison 2.1) Classify each one of the maps in Figure 12 and 13 as either an isoline, qualitative or a choropleth map, and include a reason for each of your choices. 2.2) Identify and briefly explain the most important use for each one of the maps in Figures 14 and 17 2.3) Use the information supplied by the line scale of the map in Figure 18 to determine the distance (in km) between Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai. 2.4) Use the map in Figure 14 to explain the frequent occurrence of earthquakes in Southeast Asia and then use the map in Figure 15 to explain the high fatality rates that usually accompany these events 2.5) Consider the suitability of the chosen scale and projection used for the map in Figure 18 in terms of the purpose of this map and the type of information being displayed 3.1 Very briefly explain the spatial association between the location of the major zone of desert biomes in the subtropics together with the dominance of a belt of high-pressure cells 3.2 Compare the predominant biome(s) for Russia with its arithmetic population density and do the same for Sudan. What do you observe? 3.3 Compare the predominant biome(s) for Italy with its arithmetic population density and do the same for the Philippines. What do you observe? 3.4 From your observations in Questions 3.2 and 3.3, what can you say about the spatial association between biome types and arithmetic population density? 3.5 Briefly explain the reasons for the association between certain types of biomes and either a low or high arithmetic population density as highlighted in your answer to Question 3.4. 3.6 Consider the global distribution of earthquakes and provide a brief explanation of the major reasons for the specific distribution pattern that can be observed. 3.7 Consider the arithmetic population densities of Italy and the Philippines in the context of the global distribution of earthquakes. What do you observe? What is the implications of this observation for fatalities during earthquakes? 3.8 Speculate about a possible reason for the difference in arithmetic population density between countries with harsh biomes compared to countries prone to catastrophic earthquakes. 4.1) Using the Philippines, Russia, Sudan and Italy as examples, briefly describe and provide reasons for the spatial distribution pattern of the natural increase rate over the world. 4.2) Compare the maps showing the distribution pattern of the arithmetic population density and the natural increase rate over the world and provide reasons for the correlation or lack of correlation of the patterns shown by these two maps. 4.3) Again using the Philippines, Russia, Sudan and Italy as examples, briefly describe and provide reasons for the spatial distribution pattern of the GNI per capita ppp over the world. 4.5) From your observations in Questions 4.1 and 4.3, what can you say about the spatial association between the distribution patterns of the natural increase rate and GNI per capita ppp? 4.6) Briefly explain the reasons for the association between the natural increase rate and the GNI per capital ppp as highlighted in your answer to Question 4.5. 4.7) Give your view of the role that physical factors (e.g. biomes – Figure 12, but also think about climate, landscape features and biomes) play in the type of associations between population and development which you identified in Question 4.5.