MEXICAN DEMOGRAPHICS: URBAN-RURAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
By EL-HAJJ MALIK SALEEM
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Urban-Rural Demographic Distributions
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Agricultural Age Urban-Rural Population Distributio:
Rural populations: the majority of people lived in rural communities working on the land.
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Industrial Age Urban-Rural Population Distributio:
Urban populations: in countries undergoing the industrial revolution, people moved to cities to work in factories. In developing South countries today, many people are moving to cities seeking (but not always finding) jobs and access to modern life, resulting in unmanageable cities and slums in many cases.
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Information Age Urban-Rural Population Distribution:
Option for some to live in countryside, in an "electronic cottage," and be connected to work via electronic communications (computers, modem, and telephone lines); many people prefer to work at a central office some days, and at home other days, however.
Information/Data on Mexican Urban-Rural Population Distribution
There are approximently 92,2million people living in Mexico, which is growing at about 1.9% every year. With Mexio city being the capital it is not unususal for people to leave the country side in search of employment. for the most part I would consider Mexico to be a rural society, quickly headed for an urban one.
Conclusions on Mexican (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Urban-Rural Population Distribution)
See Energy Resources.
Additional Online Sources on Mexican Urban-Rural Population Distribution
Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Mexican Urban-Rural Population Distribution
- Source 1 CIA World Fact Book
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