Unit 4 AOS 1

Economic characteristics of high-income countries

Wide range of industries, opportunities for global trade, high average incomes, and lower levels of poverty.

Environmental characteristics of high-income countries

Food security, adequate housing, adequate infrastructure, access to safe water and sanitation, and high levels of CO2 emissions.

Social characteristics of high-income countries

High levels of employment, high levels of education, access to technology, and developed health systems.

Economic sustainability

Ensuring the average incomes in all countries are adequate to sustain a decent standard of living and continue to rise in line with inflation and living costs.

Social sustainability

Creating an equitable society that meets the needs of all citizens and can be maintained indefinitely.

Environmental sustainability

Ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that will preserve resources into the future.

Factors of economic sustainability

Innovation and diversity of industries, employment, economic growth, and trade.

Factors of social sustainability

Elimination of poverty, gender equality, access to safe and decent working conditions, promotion of legal rights, and peace and security.

Factors of environmental sustainability

Biodiversity, use of natural resources, waste removal and pollution, and climate change.