1. What is Development?

Question 1

Old development indicators (3)

Answer 1

1. GDP
2. GNP
3. Income per capita

Question 2

How do built environment specialists contribute to development (1)

Answer 2

1. Infrastructure: especially water, sanitation, transportation

Question 2

Problem with old development indicators (1)

Answer 2

Doesn’t account for quality of life improvements

Question 3

composite development indicator (1)

Answer 3

many measures of development together. government development programme, SDG, HDI….

Question 4

Sustainable livelihoods development indicator (5)

Answer 4

1. Human capital
2. Natural capital
3. Financial capital
4. Social capital
5. Physical Capital

Question 5

infrastructure (1)

Answer 5

physical systems to make provision of services possible

Question 6

physical infrastructure (1)

Answer 6

meeting basic needs

Question 7

economic infrastructure (1)

Answer 7

serve as inputs to production

Question 8

social infrastructure (1)

Answer 8

services such as health, safety etc

Question 9

political infrastructure (1)

Answer 9

organisational structures used by government

Question 10

features of infrastructure (4)

Answer 10

1. Used by all people driving the functioning of society
2. Pressure of tradeoffs that indicate development
3. Comprise of many components, complex and expensive
4. Deteriorates and prone to failure

Question 11

Infrastructure for high vs low income communities (2)

Answer 11

1. Low: Basic Infrastructure
2. High: Drives economic growth

Question 12

Capital costs (1)

Answer 12

Initial payments for a project including materials and services

Question 13

Recurrent costs (1)

Answer 13

Maintenance, replacements, administration, debt (post-construction)