Detached places

North Korea, Sahel

What are some physical reasons for why North Korea is so detached?

Mountainous terrain, cold climate, inaccessible

What are some environmental reasons for North Korea’s poverty/detached nature

Dry spells led to poorest harvest in years, rampant deforestation.

Satellite imagery from 2013, 40% of forest cover lost since 1985 due to deforestation.

What are some political reasons for North Korea’s detached nature?

Ruled as an autocracy by a single family, very corrupt, economic mismanagement and resource allocation have led to North Korea relying mainly on China to feed its population.

Human rights violations discourage countries from trading with it, DPRK (Democratic peoples republic of Korea) elected by UN in 1948.

100,000 people including children thought to be in political prison camps or other detention centres.

What are some educational reasons for North Korea’s detachment

Lack of education, economy is primarily agricultural.

Low level economy, lack of tools make it harder to farm. Due to no trade there is very little machinery to be used

What are some physical reasons which make the Sahel so detached?

Large deposits of uranium in the area has led to interest in the region with terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda.

Niger (country in the Sahel) has Uranium make up 75% of it’s foreign exports, so very vulnerable to terrorism (check this)

What are some environmental reasons for the Sahel’s detachment

Sahel borders Sahara, extremely hard to grow crops here,

strong climactic variations,

irregular rainfalls 1970-1993 20 years of drought,

80% of the regions land is degraded

What are the political reasons for the Sahel’s detachment

Weak governments, often failed dictatorships so land is divided between multiple powers and terrorist organisations.

in Niger’s 50 years of independence, it has seen 2 armed rebellions, 4 coups and 7 different governments

What are some economic reasons for the Sahel’s detachment?

Mainly agricultural economy, generates very little income, people rely on simple agriculture and cattle for food.

2012 food crisis put 18 million lives at risk