Consequences of Population Distribution · 人口分布的后果
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| carrying capacity/ˈkæriɪŋ kəˈpæsɪti/ | 承载力 | chéng zài lì |
Uneven distribution has costs
- Because people are spread unevenly, different places face very different pressures.
- Crowded regions strain resources; empty regions struggle to provide services.
- Population distribution shapes politics, economics, and the environment.
分布不均是有代价的
- 由于人口分布不均,不同地方面临非常不同的压力。
- 拥挤地区资源紧张;空旷地区难以提供服务。
- 人口分布塑造政治、经济和环境。
Pressure in crowded places
- Dense areas strain housing, water, jobs, and services.
- They can suffer pollution, congestion, and rising land prices.
- But density also concentrates workers, markets, and ideas.
拥挤地区的压力
- 密集地区给住房、水、就业和服务带来压力。
- 它们可能遭受污染、拥堵和地价上涨。
- 但密度也集中了劳动力、市场和思想。
A typical problem of a very densely populated area is... · 一个非常密集居住区的典型问题是……
Crowding strains housing, water, jobs, and services. · 拥挤给住房、水、就业和服务带来压力。
Select all · 所有 problems linked to high · 高 density. · 选择所有与高密度相关的问题。
Congestion, housing, and pollution come from crowding; distant hospitals come from low density. · 拥堵、住房和污染源于拥挤；医院偏远源于低密度。
Problems in empty places
- Sparsely populated areas struggle to fund roads, schools, and hospitals.
- Few taxpayers must cover services spread over a wide area.
- Carrying capacity 承载力 is the number of people an area can sustainably support.
空旷地区的问题
- 人口稀疏的地区难以为道路、学校和医院筹资。
- 少数纳税人必须覆盖分散在广阔区域的服务。
- 承载力(carrying capacity)是一个地区能可持续供养的人口数。
Crowded or empty problem? · 拥挤还是空旷问题？
Sort each consequence by whether it comes from high or low density. · 根据后果是高密度还是低密度导致，对其进行分类。
Sparsely populated areas can struggle to fund services because few taxpayers cover a wide area. · 人口稀疏的地区可能因纳税人少而难以维持广泛区域内的服务资金。
Low density spreads few taxpayers thinly, making roads, schools, and hospitals costly. · 低密度使少量纳税人分散覆盖，导致道路、学校和医院成本高昂。
The number of people an area can sustainably support is its carrying . · 一个地区能够可持续支持的人口数量是其承载。
Carrying capacity · 承载力 is the sustainable population an area can support. · 承载力是一个地区能够可持续支持的人口数量。
Match each consequence to its density. · 将每种后果与其密度进行匹配。
Congestion = crowded; distant underfunded services = empty; carrying capacity = the sustainable limit. · 拥堵=拥挤；偏远资金不足的服务=空旷；承载力=可持续上限。
"Crowded = bad, empty = good" is too simple. Dense cities are also engines of jobs and innovation; empty regions can be rich in resources but poor in services. Judge the consequences by the local context, not by density alone.
“拥挤=坏,空旷=好”太简单了。密集城市也是就业和创新的引擎;空旷地区可能资源丰富但服务匮乏。要按当地情况判断后果,而不是只看密度。
A megacity may have millions crammed into slums with too little clean water (a consequence of high density). A remote rural county may have no hospital within 100 km because too few taxpayers live there (a consequence of low density). Same country, opposite problems.
一座特大城市可能有数百万人挤在贫民窟里,清洁水太少(高密度的后果)。一个偏远农村县可能 100 公里内没有医院,因为纳税人太少(低密度的后果)。同一个国家,相反的问题。
Uneven population distribution creates opposite problems: crowded areas strain housing, water, and services (but concentrate opportunity); empty areas struggle to fund services over a wide area. Carrying capacity is how many people a place can sustainably support.
不均的人口分布造成相反的问题:拥挤地区的住房、水和服务紧张(但机会集中);空旷地区难以为广阔区域的服务筹资。承载力是一个地方能可持续供养的人数。