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Economic Development |
The process by which an Agricultural Society moves towards industrialization and usually higher patterns of income |
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Gross domestic product |
A measurement of the total value of all goods and services produced within a particular region or country within a set time period |
National dimension of development |
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Human development index (HDI) |
Measures well-being by the way of three categories: health, education, and living standards |
Human dimension of development |
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Producer Services |
The range of economic activities required by producers of goods including Insurance, Legal Services, banking, advertising, wholesaling, retailing, Etc. |
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Hi-Tech corridor |
An area along a limited access Highway that has offices and other services associated with high-tech Industries |
Silicon Valley |
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Consumer services |
The range of services provided to the general public, including education, government, Recreation and tourism, and Healthcare |
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Cottage industry |
The traditional type of manufacturing before the Industrial Revolution, practice on a smaller scale in individual rural households as a part-time occupation and designed to produce handmade goods for local consumption |
Basket weaving, |
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Guild industry |
Traditional type of manufacturing before the Industrial Revolution, involving handmade Goods of high quality manufactured by highly skilled Artisans who resided in towns and cities |
Blacksmith |
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Sustainability |
The survival of and land-use system for centuries or Millennia without destruction of the environmentalu base |
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Outsource |
The physical separation of some economic activities from the main production facility, usually for the purpose of employing cheaper labor |
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Export processing Zone |
Designated area of the country where the government provides conditions conducive to export-oriented production |
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Social stratification |
The existence of distinct socioeconomic classes |
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Hydraulic civilization |
A civilization based on large-scale irrigation |
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Paul Wheatley |
Suggested that religion led to urbanization |
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Lewis Mumford |
Suggested that urbanization stemmed from kingship |
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