rate are found in Africa‚ while lowest growth rate are found in Europe and North America. Currently‚ developing countries have higher birth rates than developed countries; this is one of the reasons why the world population is located mainly in LEDCs. Developing countries have higher birth rates because of: • A greater population base; • Many parents will decide tu have many children because of the infant mortality rate; • Workers are needed in the farms and children represent a
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population the lives in urban as opposed to rural areas. Urbanisation first occurred in MEDCs during the industrial revolution that took place in Europe and North America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since 1950‚ urbanisation has been rapidly occurring in LEDCs and nowadays‚ the rate of urbanisation in LEDCs‚ for example‚ in South America‚ Africa and Asia‚ is greater than in MEDCs. As LEDCs are developing more people are migrating to urban areas. In Bangalore‚ India‚ for example
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9696 GEOGRAPHY 9696/11 Paper 1 (Core Geography)‚ maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions
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South American continental crust. The volcano is composed of viscous rhyolitic lavas and pyroclastics and is typical of the magmas rising through the young fold mountains of the Andes. The eruption is said to have been triggered by a string of earthquakes that occurred on 30th April. Here is a diagram showing how Chaitén is located above a subduction zone formed where the Nazca and South American plates collide. In this subduction zone melting produces magma that rises towards the surface: Mount
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calories per person per day; today it is 2‚740 calories – above the level considered necessary for healthy living. However‚ up to two billion people in the world are going hungry because of the inadequate distribution of this food. Governments of some LEDCs can’t afford to buy food from the world market. Even if they could‚ their transport infrastructures are usually incapable of distributing it to the rural areas where it is most needed. In rural areas problems such as unequal land ownership and soil
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with this view? (40 marks) All Urban areas suffer urban problems of an economic‚ social‚ political and environmental nature but whilst they may share some similarities the rapid increase in the population of cities in many cities in LEDCs compared with that of MEDCs has meant the scale of the problems are far worse in poorer parts of the world. Likewise there are similarities in the solutions that are required across the world but the resources available to authorities in the richer parts of the
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measures of development such as GDP and GNP from post WW2 countries have been described as first‚ second or third world countries‚ developed or underdeveloped‚ described in relation of the Brandt line‚ MEDC or LEDC‚ FCC‚ OPEC and now today we use the development continuum of MEDC – BRIC – NIC – RIC – LEDC – LLEDC. Defining development in an economic way is important as economic development takes into account the impacts on people’s lives such as health‚ education‚ transport and employment. Development
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Ecotourism has started growing in popularity as criticism has arisen over ordinary mass tourism. Mass tourists exploit tourist destinations in such a way that can cause environmental degradation. Ecotourism attempts to make tourism sustainable that is‚ it encourages preservation of environmental quality and of traditional cultures‚ it educates tourists and it enables the local people to participate in certain services offered to the eco-tourists. As ecotourism extends towards increasingly exotic
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require careful planning and management are largely decided by the economic wealth of a countryside. LEDC countries have problems with rapid urbanisation into the cities. However‚ on the other hand the problems that MEDC countries face include; suburbanisation‚ counter urbanisation. Urbanisation is the process in which people move to the city and start to make a home there. This is mainly happening in LEDC countries due to the lack of work in the countryside. People flood to the cities to try and find
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I am going to compare the physical and human flooding causes for an MEDC; the UK and an LEDC; Bangladesh. The Boscastle Floods‚ in Cornwall occurred on August 16th 2004. Between July and September of 1998‚ Bangladesh also incurred large amounts of flooding. There were a number of physical factors causing the Boscastle floods. The village suffered from heavy rainfall. Over 2 hours‚ 0.05mm of rainfall fell per minute. In total‚ over 3 million tonnes of water was added to the small drainage basin
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