Develpment Flashcards
What is development
Development is a process of change and growth in a place; it should be for the better (but not always) It is about improving the quality of life for people
Development indicators:
Geographers distinguish between what
Geographers distinguish between more economically developed country’s (MEDC’s) and a less economically developed countries (LEDC’s) sometimes called developing countries
Development indicators:
To determine how developed a country is what do we use
We use development indicators.
Development indicators:
At first what did people think about development in terms of
In terms of money and wealth. So they used an economic indicator
: GDP PER CAPITA
Development indicators:
What is GDP
GDP is the total value of the goods and services a county produces a year (it is given in US dollars $)
Development indicators:
What is GDP per capita
GDP per capita is what each person in the country would earn if this amount were shared out equally
Development indicators:
Give the country with the highest and lowest GDP per capita and give the amounts
Rank: highest
Country: Quatar
Amount: $132,000
Rank: lowest
Country: Samalia
Amount: $400
Development indicators:
As a country develops it produces more goods and services so what rises over the years
The country’s GDP per capita
Development indicators:
What does GDP per capita only give
It only gives part of the picture. It doesn’t tell us whether a country provides clean safe water, or good health care for example. So we need social indicators too, such as life expectancy
List 7 social indicators
Daily calorie consumption Life expectancy Adult literacy rate Infant mortality Number of doctors per thousand people Access to clean safe water Enrolement in primary school
Definition of infant mortality
The number of babies who die before their first birthday in any given year (per 1000)
Definition of life expectancy
The age that people live to
Definition of people per doctor
The number of people that a doctor will look after
Definition of calories per person per day
The average number of calories a person has in a day
Definition of literacy rate
The number of adults who can read and write (usually given as a percentage)
