Factors causing uneven development
- Created by: Luke newton
- Created on: 14-03-18 14:29
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- Factors causing uneven development
- Physical environment
- Soil erosion, desertification, climate (and climate change), overgrazing and infertile soils affect farming.
- Areas without fertile land, natural resources, water and energy suffer.
- Natural hazards make little progress with development e.g. Haiti.
- Health
- Diseases can make people too weak to go to work or school.
- 80% of all developing world diseases is water-related. 2 million die a year.
- LIC's are unable to invest in good quality health care.
- Trade
- Trade blocks favor member states.
- Primary products sold by LIC's are sold for cheap prices that can fluctuate. HIC's make more expensive products so they ear more.
- Poor infrastructure or conflict means some people cannot sell their goods at all.
- History
- Colonialism: Many countries in Asia, South America and Africa have spent a lot of time and money civil wars and political struggles for power since being made separate from European superpowers.
- Many LIC's haven't had time to develop fully.
- Physical environment
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