Development indicators Flashcards
What is life expectancy
Average age you can expect to live to
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)
Combines Life expectancy, education and GNI (Gross National Income, ranking 0 (worst) to 1 (best) )
What is adult literacy
Percentage of adults that can read and write
What is the mobile phone indicator
Number of mobiles per 1000 people
What is Birth Rate?
Number of births in a year per 1000 people
What is Gross National Income (GNI)
The income generated in the economy divided by the population
What is death rate
Number of deaths in a year per 1000 people
What is access to clean water indicator
Percentage of people that have access to safe, clean water.
State characteristics of VHHD (Very high human development ) and examples
High income country, developed country, USA UK Japan
State characteristics of HMHD (High/medium human development )
Medium income country, emerging country, India China Mexico
State characteristics of LHD (low human development) and examples
Low income country, developing country, Ethiopia Nigeria Nepal
What is economic development
An increase in wealth, whether it be a national or individual level
What is social development
Development which has a direct impact on the populations quality of life
What is political development
Freedom for the people to have a greater say in who governs their country
What is cultural development
This could involve better quality for women and better race relations.
What factors come under economic development
Income
Job security
Standard of living(houses personal and mobility)
What factors come under physical development
Diet / nutrition,
Water supply
Climate
Environmental quality / hazards
What factors come under social development
Family,
Friends
Education
Health
What factors come under psychological development
Happiness
Security
Freedom
What is FDI
Foreign direct investment
What is the core sector
Central part of a country e.g main cities
What is the periphery sector
Parts of the country outside of the economic core region
What is a territorial dispute
Conflict over one area of land, with more than me country claiming it
What is foreign policy
A governments strategy of dealing with other nations
What is geopolitics
The international relations of a country based on physical factors
What are military pacts
The exchange of missiles, weapons and space for resources and information from a less developed country
What is a defence
Agreements with other countries to share armies, air bases or go to war with each other
What is the burgess model?
based on the idea that land values are highest in the centre of a town or city.
