Gross density refers to the total population divided by the total land area.
Imagine gross density as a pizza party where you want to know how many slices each person gets. You don't care about what type of pizza it is; you just divide all slices by all attendees.
Urban Sprawl: This term describes when cities expand outwards, typically involving low-density residential housing. Like adding more pizzas but not necessarily more toppings or variety.
Population Distribution: Refers to how people are spread across an area, like how pizza slices might be distributed among different tables at your party.
Carrying Capacity: The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely, given available resources - akin to how many pizzas you'd need for everyone at your party to have enough.
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