of developing countries. While LEDCs in the world market is mostly to provide the North and West with cheap labour and raw materials Globalisation is viewed by many as a threat to the world’s cultural diversity. It is dreaded it might drown out local economies‚ traditions and languages and simply re-cast the whole world in the mould of the capitalist North and West. Industry may begin to thrive in LEDCs at the expense of jobs in manufacturing in the UK and other MEDCs‚ especially in textiles Payment
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2005. This Hurricane affected most of eastern north america (MEDC)w and was a category 5 hurricane‚ the winds got up to 175 mph (sustained over 1 min) Cyclone Nargis formed on the 27th of april 2008 and dissipated on 3rd of may 2008‚ the Cyclone affected areas such as Bangladesh Burma‚ India and Sri Lanka‚ these are LEDCS. The cycle was a Category 4 storm of winds up to 135 mph (sustained over 1 min). America is an MEDC and Burma is an LEDC. Both countries were hit with a severe storm however were
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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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plan for one. There is a very big difference that helps prepare for a volcanic hazard and that is whether you are in a MEDC or a LEDC. In a MEDC monitoring volcanic zones and potential hazards is an option many LEDC’s don’t have. In Italy at Mt Etna they have Geo-monitoring programs which focus on the analysis of any changes. This option open to the Italians is not an option for LEDC who don’t have the wealth or public education to set up these stations. The Colombian volcano‚ Nevado del Ruiz‚ came
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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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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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there are effective management strategies put in place to help predict‚ prepare and protect from earthquakes. The main aims of these strategies are to reduce loss of life and property damage. MEDCs and LEDCs cope in different ways‚ this is mainly due to affordability of planning and preparation for the future. MEDCs tend to cope better when an earthquake hits‚ because the money is available to use to create effective strategies. We are able to protect ourselves from the severe effects of earthquakes
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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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