Globalisation, Development and the Environment
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- Globalisation, Development and the Environment
- Development
- The way in which a country seeks to progress economically and to improve the quality of life for its inhabitants
- Level of development is shown by economic indicators of average wealth and income
- In an economically developed society citizens enjoy health, long life and an education
- Human rights are protected
- Valid
- It is relevant
- Reliable
- Must use trustworthy data
- Income per Capita
- Mean average income of a group of people
- Calculated by taking an aggregate source of income for a country and dividing it by population size
- GDP
- Final value of the output of goods and services
- Includes the value added by any foreign-owned businesses
- Not easy to be calculated as the earnings of every citizen needs to be accounted for including those who are illegal or unregistered
- Four Economic Sectors
- Agriculture or Primary
- Services or Tertiary
- Industry or Secondary
- Quaternary
- Human Development Index
- Ranks countries according to economic and social criteria
- Devised by the United Nations Development Programme
- Produces a number between 0 and 1
- Life Expectancy
- The numbers of years a person can be expected to live
- Income
- Use GNI of a country to measure wealth
- Eduaction
- Uses an education index based on the average number of years of schooling for a person
- Gender Inequality Index
- Measures gender inequalities
- Reproductive Health
- Measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates
- Empowerment
- Measured by parliamentary seats occupied by females
- Percentage of women aged 25 with secondary education
- Labour Force Participation
- Participation rate of females aged fifteen years and older in the labour force
- Environmental Quality
- Environmental quality is often poor in developing and emerging economies
- The measurement takes into account the amount of pollution found outdoors and the quality of air inside people's homes
- Negative and Positive Impact of Globalisation on the Environment
- Negatives
- Climate change
- Biodiversity loss
- 40% of soil is used as agricultural land
- Habitat loss
- Groundwater depletion
- Removal of mangrove forests has increased flood risk
- Postivies
- Cheap food
- Negatives
- Development
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