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Human Geography

This chapter delves into the intricate patterns of development and change in human geography, emphasizing development as a cultural variable. It explores distinctions between national and international groups, definitions of development, and explanations for underdevelopment through frameworks like the core-periphery argument. Economic measures of development, including GDP and energy consumption, are assessed, alongside noneconomic measures such as education and health. The chapter also highlights gender roles and the role of women in development, offering a comprehensive view of how various factors influence societal progress.

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Human Geography

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  1. Human Geography Jerome D. Fellmann Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jon C. Malinowski

  2. Human Geography Chapter 10 Patterns of Development and Change

  3. Development as a Cultural Variable • Distinctions between National Groups • Distinctions between International Groups

  4. Dividing the Continuum: Definitions of Development • Explanations of Underdevelopment • The Core-Periphery Argument

  5. Economic Measures of Development • The Diffusion of Technology • The Complex of Development • Gross National Product and PPP Per Capita • Energy Consumption Per Capita • Percentage of the Workforce Engaged in Agriculture • Landlessness

  6. Economic Measures of Development (cont.) • Poverty, Calories, & Nutrition • Composite Assessment of Economic Development Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936 Dorothea Lange, Farm Service Administration Source: Library of Congress

  7. A Model for Economic Development • Rostow • Traditional Societies • Preconditions for Takeoff • Takeoff • Drive to Maturity • Age of Mass Consumption • (Postindustrial)

  8. Noneconomic Measures of Development • Education • Public Services • Health

  9. Aggregate Measures of Development • Comparative Statistics • Individual and Collective Well-Being • Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) • Human Development Index (HDI)

  10. The Role of Women • Gender • Roles of Women in Different Countries

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