How and why do countries develop in different ways?

What problems does the Brandt line have?

Fails to show disparity or differences in poverty WITHIN a country

Core region – based on the urban area, has the majority of the services, business and people

Periphery is rural = remote countryside involved in producing raw materials = poor

Multiplier effect

What do you think is happening?

Core and periphery in Brazil

Task 1

Study Figure 1 and the information on p.230 Evolving Planet (Region Disparities in Brazil)

• Use an atlas to label the economically active areas (cities )

 • Explain the contrasts in development between

the core (South-East) and periphery (North and North-East) regions of Brazil

 

Regions Brazil

Choropleth shadingChoropleth (colour shaded) maps. This is especially appropriate for showing standardised data such as rates, densities or percentages. A different colour is used for each of a number of bands, allowing users to identify which areas have high, low or middling values. It is a very visual way of showing data making comparison very easy.

Africa- GDP

Choropleth shading

• Have a look at an example of how to draw a choropleth map here

Disparity between the core and periphery

• Complete a choropleth map to shoe HDI in the different regions of Brazil.

• What problems can be caused when there is disparity within a country.(page 231 purple book).

Exam style question

• Describe the regional differences that have resulted from economic development

(6 marks)

Just a minute

• Speak for 1 minute, no repetitions, pauses, eeers, uuuums on

• The characteristics of the core area of Brazil

• The characteristics of a peripheral area in Brazil

• The benefits and problems of using choropleth shading