Geography GCSE
Core-Periphery Model
What Core-Periphery Model means in Geography GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Core-Periphery Model
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A model showing how development is uneven within a country, with wealth concentrated in a 'core' region while the 'periphery' remains underdeveloped.
A model showing how economic growth is concentrated in a central 'core' region, leaving outer 'periphery' regions less developed.
A model showing how economic growth is concentrated in a wealthy 'core' region, leaving a less developed 'periphery'.
Topics that use Core-Periphery Model
- Definitions of development vary as do attempts to measure it (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The level of development of the chosen developing or emerging country is influenced by its location and context in the world (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The level of development varies globally (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
- Top-down development
- Development
- Appropriate technology
- Bottom-up development
- Desertification
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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