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Characteristics of High income countries, Charcateristics of low income…
Characteristics of High income countries
Economic characteristics
Global trade
Low levels of poverty
High average income
Wide range of industries
Social characteristics
Access to technology
Developed legal system
No history of colonisation
High levels of employment
Developed health systems
Developed social security systems
Higher levels of education
Lower birth rates and population growth
Higher levels of gender equality
Environmental characteristics
Access to safe water and sanitation
Access is responsible for a large proportion of the variations in health and wellbeing between the three groups
Food security
Adequate housing
High levels of Carbon Dioxide emissions
Due to range of industries in high income countries:
Emit greater amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2)
Carbon dioxide linked to climate change
Carbon dioxide associated with effects on sea levels and changing weather patterns
Adequate infrastructure
telecommunication systems
adequate roads
piped water
sewerage systems
electricity grids
Charcateristics of low income countries
Social characteristics
Economic characteristics
low income
limited/no opportunity for global trade
limited range of industries
large proportion
Environmental characteristics
Inadequate infrastructure
Inadequatre housing
Low and middle income countries often live in substandard housing
Housing often has poor ventilation
lack of heating and cooling
poor resistance to infestation of disease-carrying organisms such as insects
lack of cooking facilities and running water
poor protection from the elements
Lack of food security
More likely impacted from nature disasters such as floods and droughts
Lack of financial resources to purchase food in emergency situations