*6.2.3 Thickly populated region*

*Climate Change and Agriculture*

**6.2 Population distribution**

*6.2.1 Thinly populated region*

scared agriculture activities (**Figure 6**).

*6.2.2 Moderately populated region*

year 2010.

The population density of the arid region is 137 persons/km<sup>2</sup>

region has been categorized into the following major classes.

Moderate population varies from 101 to 200 persons/km<sup>2</sup>

rainfall or canal system with low productivity (**Figure 6**).

while it is expected that the projected population will be 179 persons/km<sup>2</sup>

The distribution of rural population brings out the man-land relationship effectively in an agriculture area like Pakistan. The pressure of population on land in arid region has been increasing with passage of time. The population density of the arid

The thinly populated areas of the arid region mostly cover the entire area of Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces. These areas comprise of hills, mountains, and barren sandy lands. Most of the land consists of rainfed areas having

tion is mostly located in the northwestern part of Baluchistan (Pishin district), parts of Sind, and lower Punjab provinces. Most of the agriculture is based on

area in 1998,

. The moderate popula-

by the

**106**

**Figure 6.**

*Arid region projected population (2011–2012), GoP [18].*

The range for this class has been considered between 201 and 300 persons/km<sup>2</sup> area. The arid areas having thick population mostly cover the fertile land of Sind and Punjab. These are the areas, where intensive agriculture is carried out with a high productivity (**Figure 6**).
