Cultural Geography -
Development
Overview / Introduction
- Division between "haves" and "have nots"
Continuum of Development
Development Classifications
- Current classifications
- Old classifications
What are the Patterns of Distribution
- Maps showing LDCs on periphery
& below 30 degree N. latitude
Preliminary Questions 1
Comparing Development
- Basic Indicators > Economic, Social, Demographic, Other
Economic Indicators
Structure of the Economy
- Economic activities are divided into stages or categories
of increasing complexity
Primary Sector
- Extraction of resources from the Earth
- LDCs -
- Limitations
Secondary Sector
- Processing and manufacturing of resources
Tertiary Sector
- Distribution of goods and services
Preliminary Questions 2
Other Measures of Development
- Raw Materials
- Infrastructure
- Worker Productivity
- Consumer Goods
Why Some Countries are Rich
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Social Indicators:
- Education & Literacy (Access to Knowledge)
- Distribution of Wealth & Services (Health & Wealth)
- Inequality, gender and reproductive Issues
Other Indictors (not so measurable)
- Sense of Community (village life,
family, child care, etc.)
- Sustainability (continued supplies)
- Quality of Life?
Approaches & Obstacles to Development (Strategies for success)
- Promote Self-sufficiency
- Spread wealth
- Government owned industries
- Problems with model
- Promote International Trade
- Unique products or assets
- Key to success
- Asia's Four Tigers (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea)
- Adequate Financing
- Source of loans
- Debt burden
- Transnational corporations
Preliminary Questions 3 - Development Quiz Outline