Causes of Uneven Development

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  • Created on: 08-06-20 17:17
What are the three categories of uneven development?
Physical, Economic and Historical
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Why are landlocked countries susceptible to uneven development?
They have severely limited or no access to seaborne trade
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How many cars are imported to Bristol per year and from which countries?
700,000 from Japan, Germany and Korea
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Why are mountainous regions susceptible to uneven development?
Both housing and infrastructure are incredibly difficult to safely and reliably build in these areas
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Why are areas with climate specific diseases susceptible to uneven development?
Mosquitoes and therefore malaria thrive in hot climates, wasting precious resources that could be spent elsewhere
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Why are areas with extreme weather susceptible to uneven development?
Tropical storms, droughts and floods can be detrimental in all aspects, destroying the economy, infrastructure, housing and many other things, leaving a hefty rebuilding cost
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Why are areas with a scarcity of natural resources susceptible to uneven development?
This limits their initial development by having a heavily reduced primary industry of agriculture and mining
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Why are areas vulnerable to natural hazards susceptible to uneven development?
Volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes can be detrimental in all aspects, destroying the economy, infrastructure, housing and many other things, leaving a hefty rebuilding cost
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Why are areas vulnerable to water scarcity susceptible to uneven development?
It causes an inadequate quality of health among the population coupled with large amounts of money having to be spent on irrigation systems or reservoirs.
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What is poverty said to cause?
More poverty, low life expectancy, abundant diseases and difficulty to maintain a healthy lifestyle
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What do LICs struggle to do but HICs easily do?
Develop
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Why are areas with a lack of trade susceptible to uneven development?
Most trade happens between HICs therefore LICs have very limited opportunity to grow
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Which continents trade the most often?
Europe, Asia and North America
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How do HICs greed impact LICs?
The HICs try and get the raw materials from the LICs for an extortionately low price for the betterment of their own nation
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What percentage of goods are manufactured in NEEs?
80%
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What is a trade surplus?
When the money made from exports is greater than the price of imports
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What is a trade deficit?
When the money made from exports is lesser than the price of imports
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Who is Zambia's primary trading partner?
Switzerland
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What comprises 45% of Zambia's trade?
Copper
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What is Zambia's HDI?
0.39
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Why does war lead areas susceptible to uneven development?
Resources are focused on militia rather than the development of the country therefore halting every aspect of development such as healthcare, education and infrastructure
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Why does colonialism lead areas susceptible to uneven development?
Many European countries thrived due to the 1650-1900 slave trade, Europe also reaped the benefits of their empire's workers
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