As we have talked before, the resources of Earth are unequally shared between the organisms of human population. Of course all of these is influenced by the three spheres (social, economical and environmental)
Human Development Index
Adopted by the UN Development Programme as a measure of the well-being of a country.
Combines measurements of:
- Education
- Life expectance
- Standards of living
- Income
- GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product)
Countries might also classified based on their industrial development and GDP
MEDCs (used by modern geographers to specifically describe the status of the countries referred to: more economically developed)
- industrialized nations
- rich population small poverty
- high level of resource use per capita
- relatively low population growth rates
LEDCs (less economically developed)
- less industrialized
- natural capital unprocessed
- lower GDP and poverty rates
- Large population sector with low standard of living
- High population growth rates
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