Geography Flashcards
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What is economic developmet?
The amount of money A country makes from selling goods and sevices.
examples of economic development?`
increse in goods produced for exports.
increce in amount of money people have to spend.
what is social development?
Improving the quality of life of people in the county.
Eg. education and helthcare
What is inviromental development?
it is improving the way we use resorces so we do not harm the inviroment.
eg- recycle, solar power and electric cars.
why do we use development indicators?
to measure the development of social enviromental and economic development.
GDP
Gross domestic product-
what is GDP?
the total of all goods and servises produced by a county within 1 year.
GDP Per capita
take GDP divided by population
what are social indicators?
tells us about the quality of life of people.
eg of social indicators
percentage of children in highschool
number of doctors per 1000 people
and availibility to clean water
Life expectancy
enviromental indicators
the impact people have on the enviroment
exampls of enviromental indicators
lever of AIR AND water pollution
the rate of natural resorces are being used up
and variety of plants and animals that naturally exist in the area.
HDI
Human Development Index
what is the HDI
measures GDP per capita, eductation and life expectancy.
top ranked country
norway
Caractaristcs of more economicly developed countries
High levels of eductations and litracy. Good helthcare and low unimployment rates and trade has a high value.
Charactaristics of less economic coutries
poor helthcare low levels of education trade has a low value
6 reasons for difrences in development
1: historical factors
2: education
3: Helthcare
4: Trade
5: Technology
6: industriel
6: political stability
Historical factors
Resorces from land begining of competition control over resorces and colonisym
how does tech and industrielisation effect a countries development?
the more tech and indutrilisym a country has the faster the coutry can develop
How the 4 asian tigers improved their developmemt
south korea
taiwan
hong kong and singapore
From farming to rapid industrilisation.
inversted in modern tech sold export to create development and sold exports tom weathly nations for high prices and invested in education.
factors that effect helth and welfare
food and nutrition- improven in agri causing populations to increse in nutrition and have higher levels in development. improvements in farming are known as green revolution
Green revolution
more food was created more jobs new skills and higher wages.
incrse in helthcare reduces the deth rate and quality in life inprove.
education
reduces povity promotes democracy peace and stability increses welth
