Development

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Chapter 9
An Introduction to Human Geography The Cultural
Landscape, 8e James M. Rubenstein

• Development

PPT by Abe Goldman
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Indicators of Development

• Economic indicators of development
• Gross domestic product per capita
• Types of jobs
• Raw materials
• Consumer goods
• Social indicators of development
• Education and literacy
• Health and welfare
• Demographic indicators of development
• Life expectancy Infant mortality rate
• Natural increase rate Crude birth rate

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Human Development Index
Fig. 9-1 Developed by the United Nations, the
HDI combines several measures of development
life expectancy at birth, adjusted GDP per
capita, and knowledge (schooling and literacy).
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Annual GDP per Capita
Fig. 9-2 Annual gross domestic product (GDP) per
capita averages over 20,000 in most developed
countries but under 5,000 in most less developed
countries.
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Employment Changes by Sector
Fig. 9-3 Percentage employment in the primary,
secondary, and tertiary sectors of MDCs has
changed dramatically, but change has been slower
in LDCs.
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Telephones per Population
Fig. 9-4 Mean telephone lines per 1,000 persons,
2002. MDCs have several dozen phone lines per
1,000 persons, while the poorer developing
countries may have less than 10.
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Student-Teacher Ratios
Fig. 9-5 Students per teacher, primary school
level. Primary school teachers have much larger
class sizes in LDCs than in MDCs, partly because
of the large numbers of young people in the
population (Fig. 2-15).
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Persons per Physician
Fig. 9-6 There is a physician for every 500 or
fewer people in most MDCs, while thousands of
people share a doctor on average in LDCs.
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Calories per Capita
Fig. 9-7 Daily available calories per capita as
percent of requirements. In MDCs, the average
person consumes one-third or more over the
required average minimum, while in LDCs, the
average person gets only the minimum requirement
or less.
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More and Less Developed Regions

• More developed regions
• Anglo-America Western Europe
• Eastern Europe Japan
• South Pacific
• Less developed regions
• Latin America East Asia
• Southeast Asia Middle East
• South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

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More and Less Developed Regions
Fig. 9-8 The less developed regions include
Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East,
South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
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Air Pollution in Eastern Europe
Fig. 9-1-1 Sulfate emissions in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. GIS was used to map
previously secret data on air pollution after the
fall of the communist regime. Extremely high
levels were found in some of the main industrial
areas.
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Minerals in Africa
Fig. 9-9 Although several African countries have
important minerals, the world prices of many of
these have lagged the prices of industrial
products, services, and energy.
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Development and Gender

• Gender-related development index
• Economic indicator of gender differences
• Social indicators of gender differences
• Demographic indicator of gender differences
• Gender empowerment
• Economic indicators of empowerment
• Political indicators of empowerment

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Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)
Fig. 9-10 The GDI combines four measures of
development, reduced by the degree of disparity
between males and females.
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FemaleMale Income Differences
Fig. 9-11 Womens income is lower than mens in
all countries, but the gender gap is especially
high in parts of the Middle East, South Asia, and
Latin America.
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Gender Differences in School Enrollment
Fig. 9-12 As many or more girls than boys are
enrolled in school in more developed countries,
but fewer girls than boys are enrolled in many
LDCs.
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Female Literacy Rates
Fig. 9-13a Female literacy is lower than male
literacy (Fig. 9-13b) in many LDCs, with
significant gender gaps in parts of the Middle
East, Africa, and South Asia.
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Male Literacy Rates
Fig. 9-13b There is a gap in literacy rates
between MDCs and LDCs as well as between men and
women in many LDCs.
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Life Expectancy and Gender
Fig. 9-14 Womens life expectancy is several
years longer than mens in MDCs, but only
slightly longer in many LDCs.
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Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
Fig. 9-15 The GEM combines two measures of
economic power and two of political power by
women. (Little data are available for LDCs.)
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Women Professional and Technical Workers
Fig 9-16 Half or more of professional and
technical workers are women in most MDCs and some
LDCs, such as Brazil, but only a small proportion
are women in most LDCs.
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Women Administrators and Managers
Fig. 9-17 More than one-third of top
administrators are women in North America and
some other MDCs and LDCs, but 20 or fewer top
administrators are women in many other countries.
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Women as Legislators
Fig 9-18 Over 20 of legislative seats are held
by women in China, some European nations, and
several LDCs. In many other LDCs, under 10 are
held by women.
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Development Strategies

• Development through self-sufficiency
• Elements of self-sufficiency approach
• Problems with self-sufficiency
• Development through international trade
• Rostows development model
• Examples of international trade approach
• Problems with international trade
• Financing development

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Income and Demographic Change, 19802004
Fig. 9-19 Per capita GDP has increased more in
MDCs than in LDCs during this period, while
population growth and infant mortality have
declined more rapidly in MDCs than in LDCs.
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Debt as Percent of Income
Fig. 9-20 Many developing countries have
accumulated large debts relative to their GDPs.
Much of their budgets now must be used to finance
their debt.
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Foreign Investment Flows
Fig. 9-21 Three-quarters of foreign investment
flows from one MDC to another. Only one-quarter
goes from an MDC to an LDC.
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Core and Periphery in World Economy
Fig. 9-22 This north polar projection of the
world shows that most of the MDCs are in a core
area north of 30 N latitude. The LDCs are mostly
on the periphery of this map.