Geography GCSE
Brandt Line
What Brandt Line means in Geography GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Brandt Line
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An imaginary line drawn in 1980 separating the richer 'Global North' from the poorer 'Global South'.
Topics that use Brandt Line
- Definitions of development vary as do attempts to measure it (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Bottom-up development
- Core-Periphery Model
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- Top-down development
- Development
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