Development revision
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- Created on: 21-04-20 10:20
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- Development Revision
- Factors that are affecting development
- CAUSES OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES
- Physical environment - landlocked environments develop more slowly than coastal places.
- Democracy - highest rate of economic growth, decline in birth rates.
- History - colonialism, unequal trading relationships.
- Social Investment - countries have prioritised investment in healthcare and education have developed much faster.
- REASONS FOR INEQUALITY IN THE UK
- Welfare state (benefits for unemployed sick), period of full employment, rising wages for the working class, erosion of class privileges.
- IMPACTS OF UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT
- Access to housing
- Health
- Education
- Employment
- Technology
- Food and water security
- CAUSES OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES
- Uneven developement around the world
- There is global undeveloped around the world because of human factors such as war and political instability to physical factors such as climate, relief and natural hazards.
- In Switzerland: - the life expectancy is 83.70 yrs, the GDP is $82,568, the literacy rate is 99.00%, and the HDI is 0.996.
- In Norway: - the life expectancy is 82.33 yrs, the GDP per capita is $75.452 and the literacy rate is 99.00%.
- Key Words
- GDP(growth domestic product) - value of all the goods and services produced in a country during a year. It gives the average per person.
- HDI (human development index) - measure of different aspects of life between countries - things like life expectancy, education and standards of living.
- Literacy rate - how good the education is and whether people can speak, read and write.
- Birth rate - used to define number of babies born every yr per 1000 people in the population.
- Death rate - number of deaths occurring among the population of a given geographical area.
- Political Corruption - uses of power by the government officials for illegitimate private gain.
- Happiness index - an index of human well-being and environmental impact
- Factors that effect devlopment
- Economic - income levels, employment rates
- Social - health care, provision, education
- Technological - internet access, machines
- Physical - climate, conditions, natural disasters
- Political - corruption, democracy
- Physiological - happiness, freedom, security
- Uneven development in the UK
- In the south-east of England the income is the highest with £20,000-£22,516 £s per head.
- North-south divide (UK) - A virtual socioeconomic and political line on the globe which divides the developed countries in the North from the poorer developing countries in the south.
- In the UK areas in south have a higher education whereas in the north the education is slightly poorer.
- In the north-east of England it is evident that the £ per head are much lower than £14,347-£14,999.
- Scotland is the outlier in this situation as they earn a lot more.
- Factors that are affecting development
- Uneven development in the UK
- In the south-east of England the income is the highest with £20,000-£22,516 £s per head.
- North-south divide (UK) - A virtual socioeconomic and political line on the globe which divides the developed countries in the North from the poorer developing countries in the south.
- In the UK areas in south have a higher education whereas in the north the education is slightly poorer.
- In the north-east of England it is evident that the £ per head are much lower than £14,347-£14,999.
- Scotland is the outlier in this situation as they earn a lot more.
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