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Name some economic indicators

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GDP, Poverty line , Measures of inequality

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GDP meaning

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The total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year

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3
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Name some social indicators

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Access to safe drinking water , literacy rate

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Human development index meaning

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A standard means of measuring human development

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Corruption perception index meaning

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Index that scores countries on the perceived level of government corruption

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What’s demographic data

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All data linked to population eg birth rate , death rate etc

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What’s fertility rate

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Average number of births per women

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What do population pyramids show

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Population in terms of gender age wide based = high fertility narrow base - low fertility upside down triangle =population is highest for older people death rate is higher than birth rate

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Explain why infant mortality vary between countries

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A developing country would not have the suitable health care for woman in labour therefore decreases infant mortality

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Rostows theory stage 1

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Traditional society- most people work in agriculture

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Rostows theory stage 2

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Pre conditions for take off- shift from farming to manufacturing

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Rostows theory stage 3

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Take off- investment creates new manufacturing industries

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Rostows theory stage 4

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Drive to maturity- technology is used through out economy

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Rostows theory stage 5

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Age of high mass consumption - consumer enjoy a wide range of goods

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What’s wrong with Rostows theory

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Based off of European countries and it assumed all countries start with the same recourses and geographical factors e.g population and climate

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What’s Franks dependency theory

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His theory believed that development was about two types of region - core and periphery. The core represents developed countries and periphery consists of other areas which produce raw materials to sell to the core

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How does franks dependency theory work

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Low materials are traded between the periphery and core. The core processes these into higher value products and become wealthy.

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Criticism for the theory

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Very poor countries have managed to develop, some countries were never colonised

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Colonisation meaning

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When another country takes over a foreign land and applies a system of power

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20
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Give an example global economic inequality

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About 1 in 5 of the worlds population live on less than $1 a day. Developing countries frequently lack the ability to pay for food

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Social consequence of global inequality

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Nearly 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water or sanitation and more than 775 million people can’t read or write in developing countries

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Environmental consequence of global inequality

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Developing countries have increased vulnerability to natural disasters. The lack of coaxing to adapt to climate change induced droughts

23
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Barriers to development

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Landlocked, natural disasters

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Economic barriers to development

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Trade inequalities , cash crops

25
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What are cash crops

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Crops sold for cash, directly from farmers to be exported and traded on global markets

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Factors contributing to development

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Trade
Aid

27
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Environment of India

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Worst environmental problems with land aid and water pollution. India is the third greatest polluter of green house gases

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Society in India

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The worlds second largest population , some of the worst urban slums housing 40 million people

29
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How TNCs operate in India

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TNCs are attracted to Bangalore as the Indian government offers reduced taxes. The workforce is not only cheaper but also well educated and can speak good English. BT has located their call centres in Bangalore

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Economic impacts due to economic change in India

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TNCs we attracted to India . By 2015 clothing was India’s largest manufacturing industries, employing 80 million people and earns $300 million GDP. India’s key exports now are gems and jewellery and petroleum products

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Inequality in India

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No equal pay between men and women - 70% of garments workers are women on the lowest pay

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Social impacts due to economic change in India

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Life’s expectancy has increase , infant mortality rate fallen. Average no of schools increased

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Environmental impact due to economic change in India

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Deforestation is becoming a major problem with the eve rising demand of forest based products. Air pollution reduces life expectancy by 3 years for the 660 million urban residents in India

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What’s a tariff

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Additional cost added to the price of traded goods

35
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What’s counter urbanisation

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When people leave towns and cities to live in the countryside

36
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What’s decentralisation

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Shift of shopping activity and employment away from the CBD

37
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What is deindustrialisation?

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Decreased activity in manufacturing and closure of industries, leading to unemployment

38
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What is deprivation?

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A lack of wealth and services

39
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What’s diversification

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When a business, e.g. a farm decides to sell other products or services in order to survive or grow

40
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What is gentrification?

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Hi income, earners move into rundown areas to be closer to their workplace

41
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What is regeneration?

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Redevelop, informer, industrial areas or housing to improve them

42
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Why’s Malawi developing

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Economy is heavily dependent on agriculture employs over 80% of the population
Vulnerable to natural disasters
Landlocked

43
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What is reurbanisation

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One people who used to live in a city, and then moved out to the country or to the suburbs, move back to the city

44
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What is studentification?

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Communities benefit from local universities, which provide employment opportunities and a large student population

45
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What is suburbanisation?

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The movement of people from the inner suburbs to the outer suburbs

46
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Strategy for making urban living sustainable

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Energy efficient house and reduces the amount of heating and electricity used within a house (BedZed)

47
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Impacts of London Queen Elizabeth Park

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People being forced to relocate, and then we’re unable to move back in since it was too expensive
Attract more people which provides locals with more jobs and higher incomes

48
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Devon

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Gained 5000 migrants from never part the UK, it’s sunny accessible
2/3 of the seven is classified as areas of outstanding natural beauty. This means it pushes out the prices and planning for mission for a new house and has had to get because of its impact on the scenery.

49
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London’s Greenbelt

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Tell them, and it’s great for green, but was introduced to protect the countryside so no further expansion could occur

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