<span>South American countries have been attempting to mirror the free market system of the United States since around 1980 (the "Washington Consensus"). This has lead to economic stagnation in these countries. In order to boost their own economies, they are now looking at the models of more productive nations whose economies are growing very rapidly and are attempting to mirror their market systems. The main countries being scrutinized are China and India, who have nationalized many of their industries/resources. This would explain the shift.</span>
East Asia's coastal, island and peninsula area are similar as they lie on the Ring of Fire. Accordingly, every one of these territories has tremors and volcanoes. Be that as it may, they additionally have hot springs. These ranges are unique in relation to inland regions due to the elevation: the island is more tough and rocky than the beach front, island and promontory zones.
The human settlements hierarchy is as follows:
- An ecumenopolis is a theoretical construction in which the entire area of Earth that is taken by human settlements, or at least, that those are linked so that to create an urban areas so big that they can shape an urban continuum through thousands of kilometers.
- A megalopolis is a group of conurbations, consisting of more than ten million people each.
- A conurbation is a group of large cities and their suburbs, consisting of three to ten million people.
- A metropolis is a large city with it's suburbs, consisting of multiple cities and towns.
- A large city is a city with a large population and many services.
- A city has many services, but not as many as the large city.
- A large town is a town with population of 20,000 to 100,000 people.
- A town has a population of 1,000 to 20,000 people.
- A village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town.
- A hamlet has a very small population, very few services, and only few buildings.
- An isolated dwelling has only 1-2 buildings.
