Geographical Causes
Perhaps one of the most obvious and common reasons for a digital divide is due to geographical causes. People mainly think that this solely addresses the problem where LEDC’s (less economically developing countries) get a lot less than MEDC’s (more economically developing countries). In sense, this is true as MEDC countries do in fact have more technology because of their reasonably better supported economies and wealth. An example is how the UK compares to a country such as Pakistan, which is an LEDC. In the UK the majority of households have some form of technology, including a computer and internet and conversely, in Pakistan, some people do not even know what the internet is, let alone have access to it!
Another geographical cause for the digital divide is how countries themselves are split. An example of this is how in large countries such as Russia – here, there is a noticeable segregation. Northern parts of Russia which are closer to mountainous land have a lower access to technologies such as an adequate internet connection, in comparison to southern areas. This factor is not exactly caused by lack of money, but because of location. By being closer to mountainous territory, it becomes more difficult to get some technologies such as optical fibres to these people who reside close to these areas as one does not simply get structures built under mountains – it requires great amounts of planning and funding. However, people are more concerned with the more densely populated areas, so mountainous locations are disregarded in this instance.
Perhaps one of the most obvious and common reasons for a digital divide is due to geographical causes. People mainly think that this solely addresses the problem where LEDC’s (less economically developing countries) get a lot less than MEDC’s (more economically developing countries). In sense, this is true as MEDC countries do in fact have more technology because of their reasonably better supported economies and wealth. An example is how the UK compares to a country such as Pakistan, which is an LEDC. In the UK the majority of households have some form of technology, including a computer and internet and conversely, in Pakistan, some people do not even know what the internet is, let alone have access to it!
Another geographical cause for the digital divide is how countries themselves are split. An example of this is how in large countries such as Russia – here, there is a noticeable segregation. Northern parts of Russia which are closer to mountainous land have a lower access to technologies such as an adequate internet connection, in comparison to southern areas. This factor is not exactly caused by lack of money, but because of location. By being closer to mountainous territory, it becomes more difficult to get some technologies such as optical fibres to these people who reside close to these areas as one does not simply get structures built under mountains – it requires great amounts of planning and funding. However, people are more concerned with the more densely populated areas, so mountainous locations are disregarded in this instance.
