UNDESTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT

By: Felipe Marques

GENERAL MODEL
 FIRST WORLD
 ‘First World’ Country – developed, capitalist and
industrialized countries aligned with the US after WWII,
sharing similar economic interests: North America, Western
Europe, Japan and Australia
 GDP (Gross Domestic Product): market value of all goods and services
of a country in a year (standard of living).
 Average: $5,000,000,000,000
 Ranges: $50,000,000,000 – $15,000,000,000,000 (Luxembourg and
U.S.A.)
 HDI (Human Development Index): 0.900+ Iceland &
Norway: 0.968; Portugal: 0.900
 Usually dominate tertiary and quaternary sectors of industry.
TOP 10 GDPS IN 2008 (MILLIONS OF US$)
 SECOND WORLD
 ‘Second World’ Country – communist-socialist,
industrialized countries which were aligned with
USSR after WWII: Russia, Eastern Europe and China
 GDP:
 Average: $500,000,000,000
 Ranges: $38,000,000,000 - $4,222,000,000,000 (Latvia
and China)
 HDI: 0.650 – 0.849
 Dominate primary and secondary sectors of industry
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (2007)
 THIRD WORLD
 ‘Third World’ Country – developing countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America. Includes capitalist and rich
countries (Venezuela and Saudi Arabia respectively) as
well as communist and poor countries (North Korea and
Malia).
 GDP:
 Average: $100,000,000,000
 Ranges: $10,000,000 - $1,670,000,000,000
 HDI: Under 0.300 – 0.899
 Dominate primary and secondary sectors of industry
INCOME AND WEALTH DISPARITY (2008)
 FOURTH WORLD
 ‘Fourth World’ Country’ – Nations (cultural
entities, ethnic groups) of indigenous peoples living
within or across state boundaries (nation states).
 GDP: not applicable since it’s a sub-population
socially excluded from global society.
 HDI: Under 0.300 due to primitive conditions and
rudimentary technology
 Primary sector: Hunters and Gatherers
 INDIA
 Second most populated country in the world: 1,198,003,000
people (2009 estimate)
 Increasing population due to medical advances and
agricultural productivity in last 50 years
 Green Revolution – high-yielding varieties of seed and increased use
of fertilizers and irrigation
 1990s -72% of rural parents continued to give birth until 2 sons were
born
 70% of population lives in rural areas/conditions
 Government encourages use of contraception and have an
ideal of 2 children per family.
CONTINUOUS POPULATION INCREASE IN INDIA