Module 2

• AC - advanced country
• EDC - emerging developing country
• LIDC - low income developing country
• social development - improves quality of life
• economic development - improvements in terms of wealth
• environmental development - improvements in natural environment
• sustainable development - meets present and future needs
• social development indicators

  • life expectancy
  • literacy rate
  • doctors per 1000
  • infant mortality rate
  • birth rate
  • death rate
• economic development indicator

  • GNI
  • GDP
  • internet users
  • employment type
• HDI - human development index

  • 3 indicators
  • life expectancy
  • GNI
  • literacy rate
  • uses social and economic indicators
• causes of uneven development - physical

  • natural resources
  • natural hazards
  • climate
  • location
• causes of uneven development - human

  • exploitation of natural resources
  • colonialism
• goat aid - background

  • set up by oxfam
  • £25 per goat
  • gives goats to families in LIDCs
• goat aid - sustainability

  • goats can reproduce
  • baby goats can be passed onto other families or through generations
• goat aid - advantages

  • provide milk and meat - improve nutrition - 28% of ethiopian population is malnourished
  • can be used for trade
  • manure can be used as fertiliser
• goat aid - disadvantages

  • money is needed to keep the goat alive
  • food / water / medical care
  • people have to be taught how to care for them properly
  • hooves cause soil erosion making infertile ground
• urbanisation - increased numbers of people in urban areas
• rural to urban migration - mover from countryside to cities
• internal growth - high birth rate inside urban areas
• city - large human settlement with an extensive system of services and functions
• mega city - settlement with a population over 10 million
• world city - important hub in global economy and has iconic status and landmarks