Summary AQA geography last minute revision - Dynamic development
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Topic 6 Human factors affecting development
What is development?
Development is an improvement in living standards through
Dynamic Development Politics Trade
better use of resources. • Aid can help some • Countries that export more
Uneven development countries develop key than they import have a
Economic This is progress in economic growth Development is globally uneven with most services and infrastructure trade surplus. This can
through levels of industrialisation and use ACs located in Europe, North America and faster. improve the national
of technology. Oceania. Most EDCs are in Asia and South • Aid can improve projects economy.
Social This is an improvement in people’s America, whilst most LIDCs are in Africa. such as schools, hospitals • Having good trade
standard of living. For example, clean water Remember, development can also vary and roads. relationships.
and electricity. within countries too. • Too much reliance on aid • Trading goods and services
might stop other trade links is more profitable than raw
Environmental This is advances in the management and becoming established. materials.
protection of the environment.
Education Health
Measuring development • Education creates a skilled • Lack of clean water and
There are used to compare and understand a country’s level of development. workforce meaning more poor healthcare means a
goods and services are large number of people
Economic indictors examples produced. suffer from diseases.
Employment type The proportion of the population working in primary, secondary, tertiary • Educated people earn more • People who are ill cannot
and quaternary industries. money, meaning they also work so there is little
pay more taxes. This money contribution to the
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per This is the total value of goods and services produced in a country per can help develop the economy.
capita person, per year. country in the future. • More money on healthcare
Gross National Income (GNI) per capita An average of gross national income per person, per year in US dollars. means less spent on
development.
Social indicators examples Aid History
Infant mortality The number of children who die before reaching 1, per 1000 babies born. • Corruption in local and • Colonialism has helped
national governments. Europe develop, but
Literacy rate The percentage of population over the age of 15 who can read and write. • The stability of the slowed down development
Life expectancy The average lifespan of someone born in that country. government can effects the in many other countries.
country’s ability to trade. • Countries that went
Mixed indicators • Ability of the country to through industrialisation a
invest into services and while ago, have now
Human Development Index (HDI) A number that uses life expectancy, education level and income per
infrastructure. develop further.
person.
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