The UN SDG

Economics and the 5 Themes of Georgraphy

I think it is important to know about standard of living because it helps show what a place is like. By knowing a indicator about a country, I can tell something about that country’s standard of living. Knowing about standard of living also helps me know whether or not a country is somewhere I do or do not want to be.

Economics and standard of living can be analyzed using the five themes of geography because each theme of geography connects to economics. For example the location of a place could have lots of water, helping the population of people. Less people would be below the poverty line because they would have a source of water.

Another example is places with good trade routes can help them have more goods and services. This can give a place a higher GDP per capita.

A 3rd example is that a place could have lots of empty space. This could be used to build factories to help increase the GDP per capita of a place.

A 4th example is a place can have lots of movement by trains. This can bring in doctors and medical equipment though them to help raise the infant mortality rate.

Lastly depending on human and environment interaction, a place could have lots of trees, which then people could cut down and sell to get a higher GDP per capita.

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