The Power of Place Egypt: Gift
of the Nile
* Environmental
Influence on Patterns of Human Settlement
* Human Modifications of the Environment
* The Move from Subsistence to Commercial Agriculture
* Urban Sprawl and the Loss of Farmland
1. What is the Nile's greatest gift?
2. What is the percentage of Egypt's population living on/depending on
just 5% of its land?
3. Why does salinization happen?
4. How many time is commercial argiculture more efficient than subsistence
agriculture?
Cairo
1965
|
population
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5.5 mln
|
urban area
|
200 sq. km
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1988
|
population
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10 mln
|
urban area
|
400 sq. km
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Man
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to Land
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Ratio
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1800
|
1
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acre per person
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1900
|
1/2
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acre per person
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2000
|
1/8
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acre per person
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5. Is this ratio enough to feed population?
6. What is the purpose of Toshka Canal??