Economic geography, developed vs. developing nations, and quality of life

Examples of technology creating demand
-Some new technologies have created a demand for a particular natural resources.
-Steam engines need coal
-Internal combustion engines need gas.
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Costs and benefits from using natural resources
-Costs
Resource depletion
Environmental destruction
Health problems

Costs and benefits from using natural resources
-Benefits
Help us produce goods and services
Creates employment opportunities
Helps develop new technologies

The effects of unequal distribution of resources
-Because resources are distributed unequally around the world it causes several things to happen
-Interdependence of nations;countries must trade with each other to acquire the goods they do not possess

The effects of unequal distribution of resources cont.
-Uneven economic development (rich and poor countries)
-Energy producers and consumers
-Imperialism (one country domination another)
-Conflicts over control of resources

Differences between developing and developed nations
-Developed nations have better access to natural and capital resources
-Developed nations have more investment in technology and have created better infrastructure

Differences between developing and developed nations cont.
-Developed nations have more skilled labor
-Developed nations have a higher level of economic development
-Developed nations have a higher standard of living and a higher quality of life

What are the indicators of economic development
-Development nations are generally urban
-Most people in developed nations work in secondary and tertiary areas

What are the indicators of economic development cont.
-Most developed nations have a high GDP
-Most developed nations have a highly educated population

Indicators of standard of living and quality of life
High standard of living and high quality of life IF;
-literacy rate is high
-life expectancy rate is high percentage of urban population is high
-infant mortality is low

Video

When you buy something at a big-box retailer, do you read the label to find out the country of origin?
-We can find the China, Thailand, Malaysia... 

Would that influence your purchasing decisions?
-Those countries have low labor cost than other countries. If, some object produced in that country, the object' cost going to be low. Some people show different opinions about China, Thailnad, and Thailand. But some people want to get something more cheaper.

Monday's Class

 Correlations

• There seems to be a correlation between the tertiary and the GDP per captia because the countries that have mostly tertiary tend to have a higher GDP per captia.
• There are also seems to be a correlation between the amount of primary and the GDP per captia because those countries with a low GDP seem to have mostly primary level jobs

Economic Geograph Presentation

Today' class, some group had a presentation about Economic Geograph.
Part of the presentation, The important thing is Clean coal and Deforestration.
Deforestration is the conversation of the forested areas to nonforested areas.
And the clean coal is an umbrella term used primarily to describ technologies that may reduce emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas that arise form the burning of coal for electrical power.
And we also have more presentation in next class.

Economic Geography

We are learning about Economic Geography, that is such as a natural resources, nonrenewable resources, human resources, and capital resources. In my group, we supposed to research about fossil fusels. I think that fossil fuels is most important resources in our life. So we should know about that.