2.1 Differences in development

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

What you will learn

• Describe where we find the richest countries and the poorest countries in the world
• Explain how development can differ within countries and cities

The North-South devide

•  Almost 8 billion people on earth
• But do they all live like us in The Netherlands?
• Differences in wealth

MEDC and LEDC

MEDC = More Economically Developed Country (rich North).

LEDC = Less Economically Developed Country (poor South).

PIF words:

Development = The growth of something.

Poverty = Being extremely poor.

Factory = Large building where machines are used to make goods.

LEDC

•  Less Economically Developed Country
• Often countries in "The South"

MEDC

• More Economically Developed Country 
• Often countries in "The North"
• Above the 30''N latitude line

LEDC

•  Trying hard to develop
• Producing industrial goods
• Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs)
• All about the connotation
• Third world sounds bad
• LEDC sounds more neutral 

Feeling or idea that the word suggests

Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs)

Newly Industrialising country (NIC) = Country with a level of development between an LEDC and an MEDC; more and more people work in factories.

How to recognise rich and poor countries?

• Observe with your eyes
• Subjective
• Look at specific development indicators
• Objective

Influenced by your own meaning

Data that has little to no influence from people

Rich and poor on different scales

• Global scale level: Rich and poor countries (North - South division).
• National scale level: Cities and countryside (regions).                        
• Regional disparities = Differences in the level of development between regions in one country.
• Local scale level: City centre / rich neighbourhoods and informal cities. People move from the countryside to the city = rural-urban migration.
• 'Slum' has a negative connotation, just like 'Third world country'. We therefore use the word informal city (= poor neighbourhood in a city).

True or False?
More Economically Developed Countries are found in the South!

1. True
2. False

Drag the countries to the right spot!

Less Economically Developed Country

More Economically Developed Country

Germany

Australia

Vietnam

Ethiopia

Canada

India

Drag the observations to the right picture!

First world country

Third world country

South

North

LEDC

MEDC

What type of observation did we just do?

1. Subjective
2. Objective

Which option has the most negative connotation?

1. Newly developing country
2. Poor country
3. The South
4. Less Economically Developed Country

Rich and poor on different scales

Economic migration = A form of migration in which migrants move for economic reasons.

"Migration caravan towards the USA"

(The Guardian, November 2018)

Keywords

 Cantonment, a military quarter, which was used to house British soldiers in India.

Twin city: this city consisted of two core cities that worked together.

Technological centre: a city where technological developments, research and development, data centres and the creation of technology are very important. 

To do this week

Read 2.1 and do ex. 1 to 4a, 5 to 8 and 11