Zusammenfassung der Ressource
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- There is no one way to calculate development. Geographers
use a series of indicators to compare the development of one
country to another.
- Health
- Do the population
have acess to
medical care?
- What level of helthcare
is available? Is it free?
- Industrustry
- What type of industry
dominates?
- LEDC mainly focus on
primary industries, such as:
farming, fishing and mining.
- MEDC focus on secondary
industries such as
manufacturing.
- Most advanced countries
focus on teritiar industries
like:Banking and IT
- Education
- Do the population have acess
to education?
- Is it free?
- What level of education can
you get?( Primary, secondary,
university...)
- The north south divide
- MEDC are countries with high standard of living
and LEDC are countries with a low standard of
living
- This image shows that most of the
countries in the northern hemisphere
are MEDC and most countries in the
southern hemisphere are LEDCS.