GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Industrial Revolution, Walt Whitman Rostow, Dependency Theory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1HB3
• Professor: Michael Mercier

Document Summary

Theoretical approaches to development: the relationship between the less. Parts of the world that have a lot vs very little. Theres a spatial difference b/w parts of the world that "have" and parts of the world that "have not" Differences in not only money but quality of life. Relative and absolute differences in quality of life and standard of living. Today: consider the relative and absolute differences in quality of life and standard of living. The world is marked by striking spatial variations in terms of well-being: the haves and have nots. E. g. global, regional, national, local (not everybody in these locations are equal, from cities to countries to the world) We refer to these variations in well-being in terms of levels of development: a continuum. Development: a process of improvement in the material conditions of life. Shades of grey, not black & white (slightly developed, or a lot more developed)