unit 4 sac 1a Flashcards
gross national income (GNI)
the total goods and services a country’s citizens produce, including the value of income earned by citizens who may be working overseas
economic sustainability
ensuring the average incomes in all countries are adequate to sustain a decent standard of living and continue to rise in line with inflation and living costs in the future
environmental sustainability
ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that will preserve resources for the future
poverty
not having resources to meet the basic needs such as food clothing and shelter
relative poverty
those people living on less than 50% of the average income of there country
extreme poverty
living on less than US$2.15 per day
sanitation
the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces
safe water
water that is free from contaminants and disease causing bacteria and chemicals
communicable disease
infectious diseases that are transmitted from the environment; including through air, water, food and other ingested organisms
non-communicable disease
conditions that are usually long-lasting and generally progress slowly. they are not spread through the environment
inequality
the state of not being equal, especially in status or opportunities
discrimination
when a person or group of people is treated different then other people, often a result of factors such as race religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity
sexual orientation
the gender that someone is attracted to
gender identity
the gender to which someone identifies themselves, can be different from the genre assigned at birth
double burden of disease
the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity or diet-related non-communicable diseases