Core-periphery model
Also called: Centre-periphery model · Topic: Human Geography: Nature, Scope and Approaches · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The core-periphery model was given by John Friedmann in 1966. A core is a rich region with plenty of capital, skills and new ideas. It pulls labour and resources from a poorer, dependent periphery. So at first the gap between regions grows wider. Later, growth spreads outward from the core and the gap narrows. The model helps explain why development in a country is uneven.
Example
In India, metro cores such as Mumbai and Delhi draw workers from lagging eastern and central states such as Bihar. The Aspirational Districts Programme tries to lift the most backward districts and so narrow this gap.
Don't confuse with
- Myrdal's backwash and spread effects (1957): backwash means the core pulls resources away, and spread means growth flows out. Myrdal described these two forces. Friedmann's model arranges regions into core and periphery and traces the stages of inequality over time.