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