Globalization and Development
Read this text about globalization and its effects. About ⅔ of the way through, it brings in Rostow's ideas and how it informs the Human Development Index (HDI). It then explains how, together, the HDI and Rostow's stages of growth combine to create a way to understand development.
Globalization and Development
Figure 1.29 Cultural Landscapes Representing the Urban Core Region of Los Angeles and the Peripheral Regions of Rural Montana. The tall structures shown in Montana are grain elevators used to store grain of local farmers before loading it into railroad cars to be shipped to market.
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