Unit 6
Development and Industry
WHAT WE WILL LEARN
VI. Industrialization and Economic Development . . . . . 13–17% A. Growth and diffusion of industrialization 1. The changing roles of energy and technology 2. Industrial Revolution 3. Models of economic development: Rostow’s Stages of Economic Growth and Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory 4. Geographic critiques of models of industrial location: bid rent, Weber’s comparative costs of transportation and industrial location in relation to resources, location of retailing and service industries, and local economic development within competitive global systems of corporations and finance B. Social and economic measures of development 1. Gross domestic product and GDP per capita 2. Human Development Index 3. Gender Inequality Index 4. Income disparity and the Gini coefficient 5. Changes in fertility and mortality 6. Access to health care, education, utilities, and sanitation C. Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development 1. Spatial organization of the world economy 2. Variations in levels of development (uneven development) 3. Deindustrialization, economic restructuring, and the rise of service and high technology economies 4. Globalization, manufacturing in newly industrialized countries (NICs), and the international division of labor 5. Natural resource depletion, pollution, and climate change 6. Sustainable development 7. Government development initiatives: local, regional, and national policies 8. Women in development and gender equity in the workforce |
KAPLAN: IF YOU ONLY LEARN 8 THINGS
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Homework
Unit 6 Homework |
Book
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Book PowerPoint
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Just to Help - Fill-In-The Blank-Notes
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Class PowerPoints and Notes
Day 1
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Day 2
Unit 6 - Day 2 - Rostow Model of Development Reading |
Unit 6 - Day 2 - Rostow Reading |
Unit 6 - Day 2 - Wallersteins Model Reading |
Unit 6 - Day 2 - Rostow vs. Wallerstein Activity |
Day 3
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Day 4 and 5
Unit 6 - Day 4 - Industrial Changes Centers |
Day 6
Unit 6 - Day 6 - Development Obstacles |
Day 7
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Day 8
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Unit 6 - Day 8 - World Industrial Review - Extra Study Info |
Day 9
Study Guide
Unit 6 Study Guide Development and Industry |