How have southeast asia's resources influenced where people live?

About 70% of Southeast Asia's population lives in rural areas, showing a strong link to primary activities. Thus, the bases of the economy of the countries of this region are agriculture and extraction, which results in the insertion of half of the economically active population in the primary sector.

Among the agricultural activities developed in Southeast Asia, rice cultivation is one of the highlights, which is mostly carried out on the river banks, specifically in the Irrawaddy, Myanmar, Chao Phraya, Thailand, Mekong and Vietnam.