Social Sciences and History / Unit 11 SSH 1001 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Where People Are: Clusters and the Ecumene
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The idea
The human population is still growing, but more slowly than in the recent past, and unevenly: some places grow fast and others shrink, and the fastest-growing tend to be poor. The ecumene is the inhabited part of the Earth.
In practice
Finlayson's clusters: East Asia, South Asia, Europe.
Where people slip
Impact is place-bound: rich low-population places often use more resources.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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