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the development gap
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GCSE geography (the development gap) Mind Map on the development gap, created by williamsedgwick on 09/02/2014.
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the development gap
categorising countries
Brandt report
not a true division because of Australia
north-south divide
biased
1981
simpler
first second and third world (fourth added later)
unreliable
boundaries unclear
biased
earliest method
first- richest. second-middle. third-poorest.
5 fold division
the divisions
rich industrialising
oil exporting
newly industrialising countries
former centrally planned goverment
heavily endebted
complex
more detailed
clearer, less biased
includes history of countries
specific
how to measure development
access to clean water
life expectancy
HDI (human development index)
birth rate
death rate
food consumption
literacy rate
infant mortality rate
doctor-patient ratio
GNP (gross national product)
GNI (gross national income)
limitations of using one development measure
they are an average so don't show huge variation in a country
economic measures give no indication towards living standards
some give narrow and confusing pictures
many countries have a low death rate now so isn't very reliable
Haiti earth quake
12/1/10
$14 billion of damage
230,000 killed 300,000 injured
around 1 million people were left homless
50% of schools were destroyed
99 hospitals were destroyed
roads and railways were unusable because of hug cracks in the road and bends in the tracks
90,000 people left jobless
7 on the Richter scale
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