What is Albuquerques growth rate?
How does this figure compare with the national average? How does it compare with densely populated urban areas? How does it compare with the world’s growth rate? Explain. • Graph the growth of Albuquerque’s population during the past two decades. Include the projection for the years 2000 and 2010 from the table below. Predict Albuquerque’s population in 2020, based on this graph. Using this prediction, list the demands that will be placed on the community to provide people’s needs and wants. How well will Albuquerque be able to meet these demands? • Select a Southwestern city such as Denver or Salt Lake City. Don’t tell students the name of the city. Make blank maps for them. List important historical facts about the unnamed city. Predict what the city would look like with its present population. Investigate water availability, transportation systems, and density of population. Finally, compare the actual city and with Albuquerque. • Discuss the following quotation from Aristotle: “Exp
