Global Inequalities
-Different ways of classifying different parts of the world
-meaning of quaility of live and standard of living
-perceptions of quality of life in different parts of the world
- Created by: Jenny Jones
- Created on: 15-03-14 19:45
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- Global Inequalities
- Richer countries -More economically developed countries (MEDC's)
- generally found in the northern part of the world. Included countries such as the USA, European countries, Australia
- Poorer countries - Less economically developed countries (LEDC's)
- generally found in the southern part of the world. Included India, China, Mexico, Brazil
- as a country develops the quality of life and standard of living improve for the people who live there
- in general, the higher a person standard of living, the higher their quality of life
- different people in different parts of the world have different ideas about what an acceptable quality of life is.
- people in the UK think it means having a nice house, owning a car etc
- people in Ethiopia think it means having clean drinking water, plenty of food, somewhere to live and no threat of violence
- Richer countries -More economically developed countries (MEDC's)
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