Anthropogenic Biomes of the World
Dense Settlements
Dense Settlements are the second most densely populated regions of
the world. Dense settlements are highly heterogeneous with regards
to population density and tree cover. No consistent pattern of climate amongst
areas designated as dense settlements could be determined. The total lack of variety in
land use within dense settlements points towards their use as
strictly residential districts.
Population density never falls below 100 persons/km
even in the non-urban parts of the dense settlements anthrome which
suggests that these areas consist of both the sprawling edges of
major cities in underdeveloped nations, and the long standing small
towns throughout western Europe and Asia. The constituent ecoregions of
this anthrome support that same idea, four of the top five
ecoregions are in Asia, primarily China, and the other is on the
western coast of Europe to include Great Britain.
|
Population
|
Global
Total |
Median |
Min |
Max |
|
billion persons (%) |
persons/km2 |
|
Total
|
0.7 (11%)
|
710 |
183 |
7,078 |
|
Non-Urban
|
0.28 (8.5%)
|
333 |
100 |
1985 |
|
|
Land Use & Land Cover
|
Global
Total
|
Median |
Min |
Max |
| million km2 (%) |
(cover %) |
|
Total Land Area |
0.9 (0.7%) |
N/A |
|
Urban |
0.08 (15.1%) |
8.7% |
0.0% |
17.5% |
|
Cultivated |
0.3 (2.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Irrigated |
0.07 (2.6%) |
0.8% |
0.0% |
74% |
|
Rice Paddy |
0.05 (2.9%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
46.7% |
|
Pasture |
0.07(0.2%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Tree Cover |
0.13 (0.5%) |
10.7% |
0.0% |
63.7% |
|
Bare Earth |
0.04(0.1%) |
1.87% |
0.0% |
38.5% |
*Median,
Minimum and Maximum estimates were
calculated after removing the top and bottom
2% of cells in each anthrome based on
the Euclidean distance across the means of variables used for anthrome classification. |