Urban models in LEDCs
How does land use compare to
MEDC urban areas?
Which side of the wall would you
like to live on? Why?
Imagine an LEDC city….
How will it be different to an
MEDC city? How will it be similar?
MEDC or
LEDC?
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Urban land use in LEDC cities
Q) Describe the pattern of land-use in a
typical LEDC urban area.
LEDC land use model
Urban land-use in LEDCs
• Use the diagram on Geog.GCSE p 186 to
help with the Qs
Exam Qs:
• Describe & explain how land use in LEDC cities
is different to that in MEDC cities. (3marks)
• Where is the best quality housing found in
LEDCs? Why here? (2marks)
• Where are shanty towns/ favelas located?
Explain why. (3marks)
LEDC cities
Take a trip through Mumbai.
Shout out the zones.
Urban Earth Mumbai
How does Mumbai compare
to Portsmouth?
What land use model
does it fit?
What
similarities /
differences do
you notice?
Will Mumbai
have a similar
land use pattern
to Portsmouth?
Why?
Slumming It
• Mind map factfile on Mumbai / Dharavi
• What perception of Mumbai do you get?
• How would a trip to an LEDC city compare
to an MEDC city?
Slumming It
Slumming It 2
Useful facts on Mumbai
• Population 13.8 million London 7.5million
• Mumbai is richest city in India, average
income £2’780 per person UK £34’000
• Population density massive: 29’000 people
per km sq (1million per km sq in Dharavi).
London 4’800 people per km sq
What problems are
experienced in LEDC cities?
Exam Q:
“What are the social, environmental and
economic problems experienced in
LEDC cities?” (5marks)
LEDC case study:
Rio de Janeiro
• Brazil's south-east coast.
• Population 11.7 million people.
• The population of Rio de Janeiro has
grown for a number of reasons. E.g.
– Natural Increase (when the birth rate is
higher than the death rate)
– Urbanisation, caused by rural to urban
migration. Millions of people have migrated
from Brazil's rural areas to Rio de Janeiro in
search of a better life.
LEDC case study: Rio de Janeiro
• The rapid growth of Rio de Janeiro's population has led
to a severe shortage of housing. As a result, millions of
people have been forced to construct their own homes
from scrap materials such as wood + corrugated iron.
• These areas of temporary housing are known as favelas
in Brazil.
• The conditions associated with favelas are very poor.
E.g. no sewerage, no services, no electricity, disease is
common and many people are unemployed.
• Favelas are located on the edge of cities on marginal
land because
– this is the only available land to build on.
– industry is located on the edge of the cities, so
favelas locate here to be close to jobs
– Land here is poor quality, usually on very steep
hillsides + prone to landslides.
Problems in Rio
• Geog.GCSE p184-185
• Complete Q1 + 6
• Make a spidergram about Rocinha:
Problems & Solutions