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7/8. Strategies to Reduce Uneven Development
This page looks at evaluating the strategies and techniques used to try to reduce uneven development. It includes trade, international aid, and debt relief Syllabus 8.3.3 An evaluation of the strategies...
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3/4. The Reasons for the Development Gap
This page looks at the reasons for differences in development and the development gap and focuses on the social, economic and environmental causes of this, including historical causes. Once introduced...
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2. Comparing Development Through Indicators
This is a resource page that allows you to investigate the development of countries using the key development indicators in our course. Syllabus 8.1.2 The use of indicators of development to compare...
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1. Development Indicators
This page introduces different measures of development including social indicators such as life expectancy and literacy rates, economic indicators such as GNP per capita and composite indicators such...
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4. Impact on the Rural-Urban Fringe
This page looks at the process of urban sprawl and its impact on the rural-urban fringe. It develops the problem of unplanned informal housing and the loss of agricultural land and natural spaces. Syllabus...
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5/6. Evaluating Management Strategies
This page looks at a range of strategies that cities and organisations adopt to manage the challenges of rapid urban growth Syllabus 7.3.1 An evaluation of the strategies and techniques used to manage...
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2. Effect of Urbanisation on People and Environment - Makoko
This page develops the problems associated with informal housing and builds on student knowledge of the case studies of Lagos, focusing on Makoko community on Lagos Lagoon. You aim to... Acquire the...
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2. Urban Opportunities
This page looks at settlement hierarchy through population size, spatial extent and order of functions. It looks at concepts such as population threshold and sphere of influence to determine the order...
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1. Rates of Urban Growth
This page develops the problems associated with slums and informal housing and builds on student knowledge of the case studies of Lagos and Rio. It examines the relative success and problems associated...
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1. Rapid Urban Growth
This page develops the problems associated with slums and informal housing and builds on student knowledge of the case studies of Lagos and Rio. It examines the relative success and problems associated...