The development and environmental challenges of globalisation Flashcards
Absolute poverty
when a person’s income is too low for basic human needs to be met
Millennium development goals
eight specific objectives for the global community created at the UN Millennium Summit in NY in 2000
Relative poverty
when a person’s income is too low to maintain the average standard of living in a particular society
Informal sector
unofficial forms of employment that are not easily made subject to government regulation or taxation
Post-accession migration
the flow of economic migrants after a country joined the EU
Diaspora
the dispersion or spread of a group of people from their original homeland
Crude birth rate
the number of births per 1000 people per year
Nationalist
a political movement focused on national independence or the abandonment of policies that are viewed by some people as a threat to national sovereignty or national culture
Post-colonial migrants
people who moved to European Countries from former colonies during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Net migration
the overall balance between immigration and emigration
Natural resources
a material source of wealth
Consumer society
a society in which the buying and selling of goods and services is the most important social and economic activity
Ecological footprint
a crude measurement of the area of land or water required to provide a person (or society) with the energy, food and resources needed to live, and to also absorb waste
Water footprint
a measure of the amount of water used in the production and transport to market of food and commodities
Carbon footprint
the amount of carbon dioxide produced by individual or activity
