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1.1 Human Wellbeing

What is human wellbeing?

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Human wellbeing is the different factors (mental/physicial) that are inpacted by environment

They are not equal everywhere in the world

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What are the human wllbeing factors

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  1. Health
  2. Wealth
  3. Education
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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What is Wealth?

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Wealth outcomes encompass economic stability and the ability to meet basic needs and afford a comfortable standard of living.

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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What are key terms related to wealth?

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  • **Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - total value of all products sold in 1 country in 1 year for consumption purposed, **typically in USD
  • GDP per Capita - total value of GDP divided by population of a city (not equal to average income)
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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What is Health?

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Health outcomes refer to the physical, mental, and social well-being of individuals.

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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What are key terms related to health?

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  • Life expectancy - statistical estimation of how long people are extpected to live based on DOB/birth place/gender
  • Fertility Rate (FR) - average numver of babies women have over a lifetime (measures as a total number)
  • Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) - number of babies that dies before the age of 12 months, measured from 1,00 live births
  • Child Mortality Rates (CMR) - nukber of children who die before the age of 5 years, measured from 1,000 live births
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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What is Education?

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Education outcomes reflect the level and quality of education received by individuals, which affects their knowledge, skills, and opportunities

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1.3 Wellbeing Factors

What are key terms related to education?

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  • **Literacy Rates - percentage of adults (15+) who can sufficiently read and write **(considering gener inequalities)
  • Years of schooling - Average number of years people spend at school (all levels included) per country (considering gener inequalities/education access)
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1.1 Human Wellbeing

Explain why access to education is seen by many as the key to improving wellbeing?

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Many people see education as the key to improving wellbeing as being able to read and write give people access to a greater number of pathways that lead to better jobs, finances, wealth, health which all contribute to overall wellbeing.

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1.1 Human Wellbeing

Why are people so misinformed about the world?

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  • Personal bias
  • Media Bias
  • Education
  • Human Intuition
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1.1 Human Wellbeing

What is personal Bias?

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Personal Bias is an induviduals view of the world through their own filter of their personal experiences

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1.1 Human Wellbeing

What is media Bias?

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Media bias is the effect of the media implimenting tghe idea that the world is in a constant state of diaster due to constant news reports explaiming only negative aspects of the world.

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1.1 Human Wellbeing

What is Education Bias?

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Education bias is the idea that people are educated on outdated information so their views are comprimised.

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1.1 Human Wellbeing

What is Human Intuition?

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Human Intuition is the **conclusions that our brains jump to, they typically expect the worst **and see danger when there is none.

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1.1 Human Wellbeing

Distinguish primary and secondary requirements for wellbeing

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  • Primary requirements have a big impact on wellbeing e.g. overall health, wealth and education
  • Secondary requirements are considered to be wants rather then needs
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1.2 Different Way to Measure human Wellbeing

Distinguish quantitive and Qualitive Data in human Wellbeing

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  • Qualitive - hard to collect/measure - Important info
  • Quantative - numbers - easy to measure (data)
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1.2 Different Way to Measure human Wellbeing

Examples of Quantitive Data:

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  • Vacine rates
  • Medical Advancement
  • Education rates
  • Life expenctancy rates
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1.2 Different Way to Measure human Wellbeing

Examples of Qualative Data:

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  • whole vs proced foods - life expectancy
  • child birth sanety
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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What are the 7 geographical concepts?

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S - Space
P - Place
I - Interconnections
C - Change
E - Environment
S - Sustainability
S - Scale

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is S - Space?

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Space refers to 3 main elements:
1. Location - where things are located on the earths surface
2. Spacial Distribution - the shapes and petterns in which thngs are arranged on the aerths surface
3. Organisation - how and why things are organised and managed on the earths surface by people and induviduals.

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is P- Place?

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Place refers to** parts of the earths surface that is identified and given meaning to by humans**, each place on earth has characteristics.

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is I - Interconnections?

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Interconnections is the phenomenon that everthing is connected, everything impacts something else (everything have a cause and effect), It is used to understand the connections between places and people

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is C - Change?

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Refers to change in time and spcae, meaining the reasons things develop, there can be positive and nagative changes.

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is E - Environment?

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Environment refers to living and non-living things and how they are organised into a system, these can be mad-made or ecosystems.

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is S - Scale?

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Scale is a form of measurement split into 2 groups:
1. Measurable scale, meaning something can be measured, typically linear
2. spacial levels, which refer to the extent of an impact of a cause, e.g., global, international, national, regional, local

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

What is S - Sustainability?

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Sustainablity are the methods humans use to preserve the health of the earth, they can be longterm or short-term.

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1.3 The 7 geographical concepts

How are the 7 geographical concepts used?

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The 7 geographical concepts/ideas are used to better view and understand the world (environments/lifestyles/etc) as well as influence the way we live

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What is fertility rate?

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The average number of children per woman per population

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What is gender inerquality?

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When genders aren’t equal

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What is the Human Developmet Index?

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The Human Development Index is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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What is literacy rates?

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The literacy rate is defined by the percentage of the population of a given age group that can read and write.

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What is the poverty line?

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The poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
calculated by estimating the total cost of one year’s worth of necessities for the average adult

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What is GDP?

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Amount of goods produced and sold by a country in 1 year

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