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population geography published this article page no 8 Measures of Distribution

population geography Just as in the case of density, geographers use a number of measures in the analysis of population distribution in any country or region. Though, there are several measures used by geographers, the ones relating to the centrality, dispersion and concentration of population are very important. Like the central tendency in a linear distribution, the centrality of population is measured in terms of the mean centre, median centre and modal centre. very The calculation of these measures is a complex and tedious exercise. Nevertheless, they are useful tools in the development plans of emergent nations best settlement geography buy now.
 

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