Why do so few people live in a desert climate region?
Populations in desert areas are usually low due to limited resources for living. Unless you’re in a developed country which can supply living necessities like food and water which are beyond the surrounding land to supply, that leaves you with living off the land. Las Vegas could never support itself on locally available water and food, without the Hoover Dam and California raised food. If the land doesn’t offer much, not many can live there. Some places, like sub-Saharan desert, have been getting worse and worse concerning resources as desertification spreads, and with civil wars and tribal fighting making distribution of inside and outside resources difficult, this only gets worse. Darfur, the Sudan, and Somalia, and Chad are a few examples of these situations. Meanwhile, oil rich deserts can buy what they need, with water purification plants and vast imports. Dubia, for instance, is a desert with vast oil resources, and makes pure water with desalination plants and imports nearly al
