Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas. The density of population in urban areas increases because of the migration of people from less industrialized regions to more industrialized areas. The concept “Urban Sprawl” means increase
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Restless Earth Key Terms... Key Term Meaning Anticline A fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. Ash cloud A large cloud of smoke and debris that forms over a volcano after it erupts. Collision zone When 2 continental plates collide. Neither plate is forced under the other‚ nor so both are forced up and form fold mountains. Composite volcano Composite volcanoes are made up of alternating layers of lava and ash (other volcanoes just consist of lava). They are usually found at
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1. Populations in Transition 1.1 – Population Change Explain population trends and patterns in births and fertility in contrasting regions of the world Crude Birth Rate (CBR)= total number of births The CBR does not take into account the age and sex structure of a population. Total Fertility Rate (TFR)= Average number of children born to a women in her lifetime Case Studies: Higher fertility in LEDC’s‚ resulting in youthful populations [2nd and 3rd stage of demographic transition model] ie. Early
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During early development of NICs‚ TNCs from developed nations utilised the cheap workforce and outsourced their manufacturing into NICs. This is because they originally attracted a lot of inward investment such as FDI from TNC’s which originated from MEDCs. The reasons were that NICs had a large labour force which worked for cheap wages. The other factors of production are also very inexpensive and act as an incentive to these multinational companies like the Korean firms Samsung and Daewoo; capital
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that girls with higher levels of education are less likely to marry as children‚ Noting with approval that there are currently 16 notable organizations‚ such as Girls Not Brides‚ CARE‚ and Girls UP‚ that strive to end child marriage in LEDC countries. 1. Encourages the creation of multiple education centers in LEDC countries where the rate of child marriage is high‚ such as India‚ and several other African nations‚ that will work on‚ a. Educating and empowering women which will give girls an opportunity to‚ i. Become financially stable
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Climate Change – Who’s Responsible to tackle climate change? I chose this topic because currently the world’s undergoing a major threat in which even the lives of humans can be at a high risk. Surely‚ humans are one and only cause of the change in these conditions. The world’s increasing the usage of fuels and petroleum day by day increases the world’s average temperature. I agree that they have a major role in our lives and I also agree that we need them to do our daily chores but this increase
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FDI from TNC’s which originated from MEDCs. The reasons were that NICs had a large labour force which worked for cheap wages. They also had cheap land‚ friendly govt legislations‚ cheap available raw materials and reduced import and export tariffs. The manufacturing industry was first to move and so the NICs became more focused on the secondary sector while the source countries (MEDCs) became tertiary sector economies. This is a disadvantage for most of the MEDCs as they will face periods of structural
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pathways. Countries progress through these pathways through development of their economy‚ political stability‚ industry‚ health and social services and employment. Countries that achieve high development in all of these categories are seen to achieve MEDC status.1 In recent years India‚ China and The United Arab Emirates have seen massive acceleration in development‚ however these are still very much classed as newly industrialising countries. Each have developed differently and developed different
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Europe and the USA the model works well and was good to bode where countries are going in regards to development. It also shows change over time and can also shows change over time and can be used as a head start point for discussion about how to help LEDCs to develop. However the Demographic Transition model also has its weaknesses some weakness would include the fact that the demographic transition model does not include the role of the government‚ some governments may put antenatal and prenatal operations
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roughly 51.8 square kilometres are cut down. So that’s 18‚900 square km a year and that’s a lot. One of the main reasons for deforestation is the actions of Brazil‚ in the 1970 – 80’s Brazil borrowed a large sum of money from MEDCs to develop their country they now owe these MEDCs £50 billion a year and a further £15 million interest every day. So to pay this back they need to use their main resource‚ which is their forest and the easiest way to get money out of it‚ is logging. A single mahogany tree
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