Geography 2410A/B Lecture 12: Lecture 12 – Poverty, Inequality and Social Justice
5 Apr 2016
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Lecture 12 poverty, inequality and social justice: poverty, poverty in canada. Defined: a shortage of financial and other resources such that it is difficult to obtain and maintain sufficient nutrition, adequate accommodation and long-term good health. A level of finances and resources such that basic bodily requirements of all human beings are not met. Exposure to elements through lack of clothing or shelter: relative: A level of finances and resources that falls below a given society"s prevailing norms and expectations such that basic bodily requirements are unmet. It is apparent that the poverty of an indian peasant who may today die of starvation is qualitatively different state from that which afflicts those who may be called poor in european countries or. I. e. poverty there, is not so over here. Poverty varies depending upon what part of the world one exams. Defined: no universally agreed upon definition because it is relative. Definitions commonly used: the low-income cut-off (lico)
