Geographies of Development · Human Geography

Measuring Development

Comparing economic and social indicators such as GDP, HDI, and the Gini coefficient.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is wealth an insufficient measure of human development?
  2. 2How do we quantify the quality of life?
  3. 3What are the limitations of global development statistics?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9GE12K11
Year: Year 11
Subject: Geography
Unit: Geographies of Development
Period: Human Geography

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