GEOG 1HB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Millennium Development Goals, Division Of Labour, Social Stratification
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The world is characterized by inequalities from place to place. Human geographers often focus upon questions about cultural development, the technology of agricultural domestication, and the relationship of that technology to diffusion. A measure of global equality is the stage, or level, of development of a country. Issues related to poverty and human development are affected by issues of distribution. Due to financial and human development factors, less- developed countries are also more likely to be negatively impacted by natural disasters. The millennium development goals (mdgs) aimed at lowering levels of poverty. What is needed is better government (i. e. , democratic institutions) and security for the poor. Civilization a contested term, because it can be understood to mean that some groups are civilized while others are not. Traditionally understood to refer to a culture with agriculture and cities, food and labour surpluses, labour specialization, social stratification, and state organization. (p. 174)