Human Wellbeing Overview Flashcards
1
Q
What is wellbeing?
A
The abillity of people to live happy, healthy lives
2
Q
Factors of Wellbing
A
- Physical factors (climate, recources, natural disasters)
- Human factors (war, politics, trade)
3
Q
Measures of wellbeing
A
- HDI - health (life expectancy), education (mean & expected years of school), standard of living (GNI per capita)
- GDP - monetary value of all goods and services
- World Happines Report - Survey using voluntary submissions
4
Q
What is developmet?
& how to tell if a county is developed
A
Development is about providing greater opportunities for people.
Someone could tell if a could tell is a country because there are many aspects of education and specialised jobs
5
Q
Limitations of GDP
A
GDP is only able to facilitate grows but does not accuratly reflect overall growth. It does not measure opportunities or concern saptial inequalities.
