GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Neocolonialism, Development Geography, Human Development Index

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Elijah Bisung

Document Summary

They are in poverty: human history has the knowledge and skill to relive the suffering. Development: the definition challenge: many definitions economic basis, all definitions contentious. Third: developing countries --- originally cold war (cid:494)non-aligned(cid:495) countries. Newly industrializing countries (nics) (cid:498)north & south(cid:499) Labels & regions: most dev(cid:495)t labels derived for countries, also sub-regions within countries. The (cid:494)under-developed(cid:495) economies of atlantic canada & north canada. Bangkok as a (cid:494)developed(cid:495) economy within (cid:494)developing(cid:495) thailand. Some ldc growth balanced by population growth: many (cid:494)measures of development(cid:495) improving for ldcs, dcs tertiary, huge development disparities remain. Prevalence of disease (e. g. malaria in the tropics) Geography affects food production: neocolonialism (r/ship after colonialism) Theories of development: modernization theory: development = western society. Areas in the world that control economic exploitation colonizers; high. Areas that are economically dependent on the core developing world, former colonies; low.