What is a Developed Country Crash Course Geography, 40

Today were going to discuss what it means for a place to be developed. Development is often associated with economic success that is countries with higher standards of living and material wealth like those found in Europe and North America. But as well see, this perspective is only one way to compare countries on the global stage, has strong ties to colonialist histories, and doesnt necessarily capture a places environmental and socioeconomic sustainability or even the populations general happiness. Well focus on the region in the Middle East and North Africa, called MENA, and examine how the histories of the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon have resulted in drastically different development scores. Sources General Getis, Bjelland, and Getis. Introduction to Geography, 15 ed. McGrawHill Education. 2017. ISBN: 9781259570001 Gregory, Derek, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael Watts, and Sarah Whatmore, eds. 2009. The Dictionary of Human Geography. 5th ed. WilleyBlackwel