... rapid growth in urbanisation has occurred in LEDCs in South America, Africa and Asia. Between 1950 and 1990 the urban population living in LEDCs doubled. In developed countries the increase was less than half. There are three main causes of urbanisation in LEDCs 1. Rural to ... urban migration is happening on a massive scale due to population pressure and lack of resources in rural areas. 2. People living in rural ... located in the CBD. The CBD is very valuable for them because it is traditionally the most accessible location for a large population. This large population is essential ...

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... with deforestation. Again, forests are quite often cleared in an especially destructive manner, rendering them lifeless. This eventually leaves the land barren. Agricultural pressures are the other prime population-enduced source of 5 desertification. Increasing populations in developing countries drive people into drier and drier regions to farm. Attempting to farm in areas that are already poor or unsuitable ... seafood harvest of twenty two million tons in 1950 increased to one hundred million tons in 1989(see Figure 3)(Brown, 1994, p. 82). For the average person, seafood consumption...

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