IGCSE Environmental Management · Area 7 of 7

Human Population

Population density, distribution and structure, why populations grow, and the strategies that change the rate of growth.

3 topics · 25 exam-style questions · 86 marks

Where people live and why, how populations are measured, and what governments can and cannot do about population size.

Human Population Density, Distribution and Structure

Population density and distribution describe how many people live in an area and how they are spread across it. Physical factors such as relief, climate and water, and hu...

9 questions · 29 marks

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Human Population Size

World population has grown from about one billion in 1800 to more than eight billion, because death rates fell long before birth rates did. This topic explains what chang...

8 questions · 27 marks

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Managing Human Population Size

Governments try to change population size by acting on the birth rate, the death rate and migration. Anti-natalist and pro-natalist policies, family planning, education, ...

8 questions · 30 marks

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Where this fits in IGCSE Environmental Management

This page is one area of Cambridge IGCSE Environmental Management 0680. IGCSE Environmental Management is the course home: every area and every topic in Cambridge's own order, the papers you sit and what each one tests, and the exam-practice tools. The full topic list, with each topic linked to its revision page, is on the IGCSE Environmental Management syllabus page.