Development Geography
Study of the standard of living and quality of life; and its human inhabitants
MDC
More Developed Countries; first world
LDC
less developed countries; second world
NEC
Newly emerging countries; between MDC and LDC
INGS
In-between (transioning); between MDC and LDC
What makes up development?
Ecomocis, social, health, politics
Economic Activities
How countries earn money
Primary EA
A job that involves extracting natural resources from the Earth
What are the different types of Economic Activities?
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quanternary
What is a secondary EA?
When you refine the natural resources into a finished product
What is a tertiary EA?
You provide a service
What is a quaternary EA
THe manipulation of data, research, and develompent, military strategy
GDP
Gross domestic product; total value of goods and services earned in a COUNTRY per year
GNI
Gross National Income; Total value of goods and services earned by a country per year (includes products manufactured overseas)
Per Capita
Divide GNI or GDP by population; breakdown
HDI
Human Development Index (UN 1990)
Used to measure various countries’ levels of social and economic development
What is development measured by?
Economic (GNI at PPP)
Social (Amount of education & number of years expected and obtained literacy rates)
Demographic (life expectancy)
What is PPP
Purchasing Power Parity; adjustment made to GNI to account for the differing cost of goods in countries (different things cost more; canada vs us books)
Productivity
The value of the product compared to the amount of labor used to make it
Raw Materials
What raw materials you have can help your country be successful
Infant Mortality
The number of children out of 1,000 that die before their first brithday
Rate of natural increase
how fast is your country growing
Crude Birth Rate
The number of births per 1,000 people per year
Developed Countries
Anglo-America; Europe; South Korea; Japan; S. Pacific (NZ AND AUS)
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