Transcript Keys to development include commercial energy

DEVELOPMENT
Development implies
progress.
In today’s world, this
implies progress is
being made in
technology,
production, and
socioeconomic
welfare (quality of
life.)
Geographer’s Perspective of World
Economies
• Geographers are interested in the
distribution of wealth in the world today.
– What are the patterns of wealth worldwide?
– Why is wealth distributed in the manner
that it is?
– What can be done to improve the wealth of
the
poorer countries?
Gdp per capita
population
Keys to development include commercial energy
consumption
An important factor in measuring development is PPP
(purchasing power parity per capita.)
Monetary
measurement
which take
account of what
money actually
buys in each
country
Measures of development: caloric intake
Measure of development: Percentage of
people working in agriculture
Village of 100
Rubenstein textbook splits education level into literacy and education level
Based on what you know, rank the five
richest and five poorest countries in the
world.
Human development indicators
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 2009
1 Iceland
2 Norway
3 Australia
4 Canada
5 Ireland
6 Sweden
7 Switzerland
8 Japan 0.861
9 Netherlands
10 France
11 Finland
12 United States
13 Spain
14 Denmark
15 Austria
16 United Kingdom
Based on gdp per
capita, literacy, level of
education, and life
expectancy
17 Belgium
18 Luxembourg
19 New Zealand
20 Italy
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR)
22 Germany ..
23 Israel
24 Greece
25 Singapore
160 Guinea
161 Rwanda
162 Angola
163 Benin
164 Malawi
165 Zambia
166 Côte d’Ivoire
167 Burundi
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
169 Ethiopia
170 Chad
171 Central African Republic
172 Mozambique
173 Mali
174 Niger
175 Guinea-Bissau
176 Burkina Faso
177 Sierra Leone
178 South Sudan
Notable Countries:
Nigeria – 158
Haiti – 146
Pakistan – 136
India – 128
Palestinian “territories” 106
Israel - 23
Russia 67
Mexico 52
Brazil – 70
China – 81
Jamaica - 101
Geography and development
How many former colonies have become developed
countries?
Understanding development in context of scale.
A matter of local,
regional, and global
scale.
Local and regional
societies were disrupted
by colonialism.
Colonies became a
source for resources
and a captive
market.
The historical pivot of development by today’s standards would
be…
The Industrial
Revolution and
colonialism made
colonies dependent
on colonizers and
brought wealth to
colonizers at the
expense of colonies.
The poor countries are still
experiencing “neocolonialism” today.
Many economic theories
state that economic
disparities are built into
the world economic
system.
Non economic factors of development: sanitation
Lack of clean water retards the ability of many
countries to improve their standard of living.
Non-economic aspects of development
Non economic factors of development: health services
Development and IKEA