Gabriela Marma LEDCs and MEDCs A More Economically Developed Country is a country that has a level of development according

to criteria such as education, income, etc. A Less Economically Developed Country has a lower level of development. All countries have cities that have adapted over time to form a certain kind of pattern in their urbanization. More Economically Developed cities have a better boundary between the suburban areas, urban areas and cities. Less economically developed cities tend to have more noticeable boundaries. One example of a More Economically Developed city is Paris, France. People were attracted to Paris because of job opportunities and a better standard of living. Before its Industrial Revolution, only 17% of the population lived in cities in 1801. During the Industrial Revolution the rate growth was so rapid that basic city services could not keep pace. Cities became places that lacked sanitation, had accumulation of sewage, high rates of disease, high rates of crime, and desperate poverty. During the 1840s people started to realize the connection between the lack of sanitation and disease. Urban planning became common after the 1850s. An example of the urban planning was to provide the people with parks in and around cities to be able to relive themselves from the congested urban environment. Another one was to clear old sections of the city and replace them with public buildings, broad avenues, monuments, and railroad stations. This was established under the rule of Napoleon the third. Urban improvements continued throughout the 19th century as technology offered new opportunities. Originally city had been a place for walking, where everyone had to be able to walk to work because it was the only means of transportation available at the time. Due to the lack of any other means of transportation people concentrated their homes in areas surrounding the cities. This made it easier for them to get to work. Over time, the industrial factories had created a suffocating atmosphere, filled with pollution. The wealthy managed to be able to leave the city by using horse drawn carriages and settle in the area surrounding the first layer of houses. The city later implemented horse-drawn buses as a form of public transportation. This allowed the wealthier people to expand further away from the awful city life. For a couple of decades horse was the main way of city travel. By the 1890s major cities had electric generation which made the electric trolley possible. This allowed for wealthy people to expand even further away from the city and settle into big houses, while still being able to commute to work. The middle class people who had originally settled outside the city could now also move to find less congested areas on more space. The only people who were left living close to the city were the poor people because they couldnt afford the transportation.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, is an example of a Less Economically Developed country. There is a spectacular amount of wealth but also massive poverty. Like a typical Less Economically Developed city, there is a main form of transportation way that the city is built around. Kinshasa is built along the Congo River. It flourished as a city because it was the first navigable port on the Congo River. It also became well known because of its mineral and agricultural riches. The slaves that were used for all of the labor work lived out in the rural areas while the wealthy people settled closer to the city. After the war ended and there were fewer problems with boundaries, the locals tried to move in closer to the city. People also tried to move from rural to urban areas for job opportunities, but couldnt afford to pay for the expensive housing located along the city, so they moved to the outskirts. Over time more and more houses began to accumulate creating slums. The slums consisted of houses usually built of easily attainable building materials, such as aluminum and wood. They usually dont have running water or proper sewage care. This can lead to very severe health problems. One way that the government is trying to solve these problems is to provide the people with easy access to clean water and better means of waste. The city layout is divided into industrial, residential, and commercial zones. On the western edge of the city lies an industrial zone that was near to the site of the first area established by the BritishAmerican explorer Sir Henry Morton in 1881. To the east lies a riverside residential and administrative district. One clear difference between Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs) and More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs) is not only the difference in their city boundaries, but they way that their people are economically. In LEDCs people either tend to be very rich or very poor. In MEDCs there tends to be a lower class. All of this is shaped by the history behind the urbanization of each city.

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