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Question
Classify the factors affecting the distribution of population into favourable and unfavourable. Nearness to sea, lack of roads, temperate climate, lack of industries, new cities and towns, tropical moist forests, minerals, semi-arid climate, cultivable land.
Solution
| FAVOURABLE | UNFAVOURABLE |
| Temperate climate | Lack of roads |
| Nearness to sea | Lack of industries |
| New cities and towns | Tropical moist forest |
| Minerals | semi-arid climate |
| Cultivable land |
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