China - population divide Flashcards
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core-periphery model
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- large cities develop and people move there for the benefits
- creates smaller population in periphery
- creates wealth gap
- as development continues, corer is too expensive and people move back to periphery so reduces gap
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Corre-periphery model
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- everyone moves to core as it develops
- creates gap between core and periphery
- people move back when core gets too expensive
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China’s population distribution
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- most people in cities like Beijing and Shanghai on the east coast and south
- 94% population vs 6% in periphery (Inner Mongolia, tibet etc) - divided by Hu line
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china’s population distribution
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- core is south east on coast with megacities like Shanghai and Beijing
- divided by Hu line - Heihe in the northeast to Tengchong in the south, diagonally across China
- 94% of China’s population live east of the line, in an area that is 43% of China’s total, whereas 57% of the Chinese territory is west of the line has but only 6% of the country’s population
3
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why did the core develop?
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- fishing villages
- fertile soil for rice so civilisation are
- access to sea for trade
- north too cold
- very mountainous or deserts to west
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development of the core
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- lots of rain and tropical temperatures = fertile soil for farming
- access to seas = ports, trade and fishing
- increases income and develops civilisations
- desert and mountains in periphery
- from 70s built more ties with outside so grew rapidly
4
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stats to show difference
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- average salary Shanghai = €26 521.77 vs €8620.52 in tibet
- population Shanghai 24.87 mil = vs 3,6 mil tibet
- area Shanghai 6,340 km2 vs 1.2 mil km2
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stats to show Difference between Shanghai and Tibet
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- 6,340 km2 vs 1.2 mil km2
- 25 mil vs 3.5 mil people
- average salary €26 000 vs €8600
5
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benefits
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- improved access to education, health care, electricity and running water
- 700 mil people moved out of poverty in last 30 years
