human enviroment

Question 1

(physical factor)
how can a very cold climate affect the development level?

Answer 1

 difficult to build roads and railways
 remote and unlikely to attract much industry
 Also too cold to farm
 Expensive to live because high heating bills, food is expensive
 Houses difficult to build because of permafrost

Question 2

(physical factor)
how can a very dry climate affect the development level?

Answer 2

 Not enough rain to grow crops (a risk of crop failure & famine)
 Remote and unlikely to attract industry
 Soil made poorer by wind erosion

Question 3

(physical factor)
how can a very high relief affect the level of development?

Answer 3

 Also difficult to build roads and railways, so remote and unlikely to attract much industry
 Poor farming because of steep land, inability to use machinery and thin soils.

Question 4

(physical factor)
how can have a lack of resources affect the level of development?

Answer 4

 No valuable minerals (e.g. diamonds, gold) to sell to other countries
 No fuels (e.g. coal, oil) to encourage industry to set up.

Question 5

(physical factor)
how can having unattractive scenery in an environment affect the level of development?

Answer 5

 Not attractive to summer tourists (e.g. no sandy beaches, hot, sunny climate)
or winter tourists (e.g. no cold, snowy, steep slopes.

Question 6

(physical factor)
how can having lots of diseases in an environment affect the level of development?

Answer 6

 A country is unable to develop if many of its people suffer from disease and
are unable to work properly.

Question 7

(physical factor)
how can natural disasters affect the development level?

Answer 7

– Floods, drought, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes
 Areas prone to natural disasters have harvests ruined, factories and homes
destroyed, roads and railways unusable.
 Cost millions of pounds and may cause famine and unemployment and may take
years for the area to recover.

Question 8

(human factor)
how can population growth affect the development level?

Answer 8

– Population is rising 16 times faster in Developing countries compared to Developed. This gives poorer countries two sets of problems. In the countryside, farms become smaller, as there are more people needing land. So the farmers produce less food for their families to eat and have an increased risk of going hungry.
– In the cities, the city authorities cannot provide enough houses, schools, hospital
beds and jobs for the increasing population. So many people live in makeshift houses (shanty towns), are unemployed and have little chance of getting to a hospital if they are ill.
– Because the birth rate is still high, there are many young children in developing
countries. This large number of children places an additional strain on the country.
The children do not produce wealth, but they need to be kept healthy, well-fed,
educated and properly clothed.

Question 9

(human factor)
how can industrialisation affect the development level?

Answer 9

– Factories and offices produce profits that increase a country’s wealth. They also
employ many people, providing them with a regular wage. Without industry, a country finds it very difficult to develop.
– In addition, although there is little industry, the population in developing world cities is rising rapidly. Factories and offices are less likely to set up in developing countries because there are few people there who are rich enough to buy their products. The roads & railways are also poorer and there are fewer banks to borrow money from. With fewer universities, there are not many people with the necessary skills (e.g. IT) to work in a modern office. Although some industries are found in poorer countries, they’re often foreign owned so the profits don’t stay in that country to increase its wealth.