Year 8
Development
LEDC and
MEDC
Development
indicators
LEDC = Less economically developed country
MEDC = more economically developed country
Help measure how developed a country is e.g.
 GDP (gross domestic product) - The value of all the things that a country
produces always in US dollars
 Life expectancy - The average age a person is expected to live
 Infant mortality rate - The number of babies for every 1000 that are born, that
will die before they are 5 years old.
 People per doctor – the number of patients each doctor has
 Labour force - What kinds of jobs people do. Farming, factories or offices
 Urban population – the number of people living in cities
 Food intake – the amount of food each person eats in a day, usually as a % (100%)
being optimum for health
What things
should we look
at when
describing the
characteristics
of a place?
Squatter
settlement
Solving the
problems in
Kibera
4 types of
industry
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Housing
Transport
Employment
Lifestyle
Services
Natural environment
Squatter = someone who lives in a building or on land without the permission of
the owner and without paying
Settlement = a place where people live
1. Identify the problems
2. Aim to help all residents
3. Value for money
4. Long term
5. No money for spare parts
6. Help people to help themselves
7. People have limited training and skills
Primary - collecting or producing raw materials e.g. coal miner, farmer
Secondary - making something using the processed raw materials e.g. a joiner
Tertiary - providing a service for someone e.g. banking or retail jobs
Quaternary - research and development jobs, government, education and libraries
Describe the
location of an
area
Trade
Import
Export
Fair trade
Compare and
contrast
A Ghanaian
classroom –
what are the
problems?
Sustainable
development
Environmental
crime
Things to think about
Country
Nearby countries
Continent
Oceans and seas
Compass points
Proximity to the equator
- the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services
- to bring a product into a country to be sold
- to send a product to be sold in another country
- a movement whose goal is to help producers in developing countries to get a
fair price for their products so as to reduce poverty, provide for the
ethical treatment of workers and farmers, and promote environmentally
sustainable practices
- compare = look for similarities
- contrast = look for differences
- Lack of trained teachers
- Lack or resources
- No electricity
- Clean water?
- Suitable buildings?
- Location of school – often many miles from home, so difficult to attend
- Cost – there may be fees which the poor cannot pay regularly
- Improving conditions in a way that will benefit future generations without
damaging the environment
- Crime against the natural world/environment e.g. pollution, deforestation,
damaging eco-systems