Why MDCs and LDCs?
• As we ask, “where have urban areas grown?” it is vital
that we understand what MDCs and LDCs are.
Objective
• We will be able to explain what is
the difference between a MDC and
an LDC
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We will be able to explain the social and
physical characteristics of an urban settlement
•
We will be able to explain the difference
between increasing percentage of people in
cities and increasing number of people in cities
Development:
MDCs vs. LDCs
• Take 1-2 minutes, and jot down in your notes (or on
the back of your development handout) your ideas on
what we mean when we say a country’s “development”?
• What would you consider to be the economic and/or
social indicators of a more or less developed country?
Development Handout
• Development: The process of improving the
material conditions of people through
diffusion of knowledge and technology.
• IYOW (In your own words) write down
your own interpretation of what this
definition means
Why use a spectrum?
LDC
MDC
• Why is it difficult to categorize countries as
either LDC or MDC?
LDCs
• Average amount of schooling:
• a couple of years
• Literacy rate:
• less than 60%
• People are ________________
• healthier
• Average life expectancy:
• 60’s
LDC Regions
• Latin America
• East Asia
• Middle East
• Southeast Asia
• South Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa
MDCs
• Average amount of schooling:
• 10 years
• Literacy rate:
• 98%
• People are __________ (health-wise)
• sicker
• Average life expectancy:
• 70’s
MDC Regions
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North-America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Japan
South Pacific
Dependency Theory
• The theory that
industrialized nations
continue to take
resources from
developing countries
due to neocolonialism,
widening the
development gap.
Core-Periphery Model
•
The majority of economic growth is enjoyed by a core
region of wealthy countries despite being outnumbered
in population by those in a periphery that are ignored.
Core-Periphery Stats
• _____ of the population enjoy _____ of
the world’s annual income
• 15% 75%
• _____ of the population enjoy only _____
of the world’s annual income
• 85%
25%
Mapping LDCs & MDCs
• Using the data on your development
worksheet, plot each country on the
spectrum.
• In each box, circle which factors you found
to be the most influential in where you
placed the country on the spectrum.
• Be prepared to share your answers.