Dynamic Development

• What is development?


  The process of improving living standards through better use of resources
• What is social development?

  Improving people's standards of living e.g. water availability, healthcare
• What is economic development?


  becoming more wealthy e.g. factories, better technology
• What is environmental development?


  advances in protecting the environment e.g. recycling, reducing pollution
• What is an economic measure of development?

  GNI per capita - gross domestic income of a country divided by its population
• What is a social and economic measure of development?

  HDI - human development index based on the life expectancy, GNI per capita and education/adult literacy rates
• How do natural hazards affect development?


  Money is having to be spent on maintaining/repairing infrastructure rather than education, healthcare etc
• How does having few natural resources affect development?


  Having to spend money on imports, does not have any resources to export as a source of income for the country
• How does a poor climate affect development?


  unable to grow crops for subsistence/commercial farming, may cause malnutrition and no external source of income
• How does a poor location affect development?


  Landlocked countries have no proper water source, relies on other countries and travel/trade is more difficult
• How does education link to development?


  better education = better jobs = better pay = taxed more by government = more money for developing the country
• How does healthcare link to development?


  better health = more workers = more people to tax = more for gov and country
• How does aid link to development?


  Helps to develop quicker due to the help in education, food security, healthcare