Geography - Development

development

The use of resources and technology to bring about improvement in living conditions of people 

What are the three main areas that development is measured in?

Economic

Social

Environmental

What does economic indicate

Income and wealth

What is an example of a economic indicator

GDP

What does gdp stand for

Gross domestic Product

GDP per capita

 shows an average of what people earn in country in a year

WHat does Social indicate

quality of life

Common indicators of social include

Health

Education

Housing

Examples of Health indicators

infant mortality, life expectancy, number of doctors,

nutrition, sanitation

Examples of education indicators

 literacy, age of school exit, skills training, number

of teachers

Examples of housing indicators

 type of housing, %population living in shacks

What does environmental indicate

Shows the extent and effects of humans on the environment

Common indicators for environmental include

CO2 levels, pollution, waste, resource use, quality of water, fish stocks

HDI

Human development index

What 3 indicators does HDI include

GDP per capita

Literacy rates

Life expectancy

How is HDI measured

0 to 1

1 being a very developed country

What is the HDI of South Africa

0.71

True or false:

GDP shows how income is distributed

False

MEDC

more economicaaly developed country

LEDC

less economically developed country

What does the Brandt line do

It splits the MEDCs from LEDCs

Infant mortality

death of a newborn baby within 0 - 1 years

Colonialism

the policy of taking control of other countries in order to benefit from trade.

What was the main aim of colonialism

the policy of taking control of other countries in order to benefit from trade.

Globalisation

The economic, social and technological exchange between countries. It is a continuation of the unequal trading relationship that started during colonisation

MNCs

Multinational Corporations

Sweatshops

crowded workplace with very poor, socially unacceptable or illegal working conditions.

International trade

trading between different countries

Trade bloc

Group of countries that have agreed to trade with each other

Balance of trade

the difference between the exports (the monetary value) and the imports (monetary value)of a country.

Technology

using tools, machines and methods used to perform tasks

Industrialization

using manufacturing methods to produce goods