KO - Changing Economic World Flashcards
Measuring Development
Development measures how economically, socially, culturally, or technologically advanced a country is. It suggests: advancement, evolution, expansion, growth, improvement, increase, maturity, progress, changes for the better.
What is:
-GNI
-HDI
-Infant Mortality
-Literacy rate
-GNI = Gross National Income
-HDI = Human Development Index (health, knowledge, standard of living)
-Infant Mortality rate = The number of babies who do not survive to the age of 1 per 1000 live births
-The proportion of the adult population aged 15 years and over which is literate.
What is standard of life
refers to the economic level of a person’s daily life
What is quality of life
social measures of well being
What does the Demographic Transition Model (DMT) show
shows how a country’s population changes as it becomes more developed from subsistence farming cultures to HICs
Physical Environment Factors Causing Uneven Development
-Soil erosion, desertification, climate change, overgrazing, and infertile soils affect farming
-Areas without fertile land, natural resources, water, and energy suffer
-Natural hazards make little progress with development e.g. Haiti