Israel-AndrewFishburn

AP Human Geography Unit 6: Country’s Development Analysis

__Development__
__HDI Rank__: rank: 23 Score: .932 __GDP__: 25,864 __Primary Sector Jobs__: Mining, Fishing, Wood production and refining __Secondary Sector Jobs__: Metal Production, Diamond cutting, Aviation technology production, Footwear, Plastics __Tertiary Sector Jobs__: fast food, hotel management, social workers, __Raw Materials__: copper ore, Natural gas, Clays, Sand, potash __Consumer Goods__: coffee, furniture, fish products, shoes, cigarettes, cement, medical components, household products, and appliances, __Education__: Israeli education is pretty good overall. they serve 11 years of primary school and can choose to move to a secondary education. Education in Israel is free for all children between the ages of five and fifteen. __Literacy__: 97.1% __Life Expectancy total__: 79.59 __Men__: 77.44 __Women__: 81.85 __Infant Mortality Rate__: 6.75% __Natural Increase Rate__: 1.154% __Crude Birth Rate__: 17.71%

__GDI Rank and the factors that influence the ranking__: The GDI rank and for Israel is 46th place. This means that in Israel women are not strongly discriminated against but they do not fully process the same rights and abilities of men. Women are equally as literate as men and enjoy mostly the same kinds of jobs. However, women do not make the same wages and they do not hold many political or social offices and jobs.

__Industry__
__Types of industry found in the country____:__ Aviation parts manufacturing, Furniture production, Footwear production, Mining and refining of raw materials, and tourism __Site factors for industry:__ __Situation Factors:__
 * large percentage of desert
 * Large cities (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv) with large populations
 * Pretty affluent country
 * illegal immigrants that work cheap
 * very cheap land
 * borders the Mediterranean Sea
 * near the Jordon River
 * Close proximity to Europe
 * railroads
 * close to the Red Sea

__Resources:__ __Type of energy:__Israel uses electricity, fossil fuels, and solar energy primarily __Problems with the energy:__The fossil fuels are nonrenewable, and pollute a lot. Solar energy is costly and still underdevelopment. Israel also has to import much of it's coal. __Pollution:__Since Israel's industry is improving and increasing, the pollution output is increasing. Forms of pollution in Israel include water and air pollution __What they are doing:__increasing environmental education, passing strict pollution laws, and encouraging recycling.

Israel is fine right now, aside from being surrounded by muslim countries that want to wipe Israel of the Earth of course. Israel has a good education system which results in a high literacy rate. Israel's HDI rank is 23rd and it's score is .932. this means that Israel is a highly developed country. Israel's GDP is also relatively high. the life expectancy in Israel is around 80 years. the population of Israel is increasing and Israel has a pretty good infant mortality rate and crude death rate. Israel can go up in the hierarchy of the world, but right now they are doing pretty good. Baring any unforeseen wars, Israel will flourish over the next fifty years. they have the consumer goods and resources to keep going. besides, what they don't have they can easily import. Israel's life expectancy will probably continue to rise, and the crude death rate and infant mortality rate will both likely drop. Over the next 50 years Israel will probably make the transition from a beginning stage 4 country to a late stage 4 country on the demographic scale. Meaning, that the natural increase rate will begin to even out.

Israel Vs. Turkey Compared to Turkey, Israel is heaven. Israel is much better of than Turkey because Israel is ranked 23 on the HDI scale and Turkey is 84. Israel's life expectancy is about 10 years higher than Turkey's which means that Israeli citizens have better access to medicine and they probably live in better conditions as well. Furthermore, Israel has a 10% higher literacy rate than Turkey which means that Israeli citizens have access to a better education. Lastly, the GDP in Israel is about 25,000$ where as in Turkey it is 9,400$. Basically, Israel kicks Turkey's butt.

Israel Vs. Britain Israel is pretty close to Britain. First Britain's HDI rank is 16 and Israel's is only 23. not that big of a difference in the HDI scores, but Britain's GDP is about 10,000$ more than Israel's. The literacy rates for both Israel and Britain are pretty close. interestingly enough, Israel's life expectancy is 5 years more. overall, there are not many differences between Israel and Britain.

Israel Vs. Japan Japan is a little higher up than Israel. Japan's HDI rank is 8th making it "more" developed than Israel. Japan's life expectancy is only 2 years more than Israel's. Japan's GDP is also higher than Israel's by about 4,000$. Japan and Israel have pretty much the same literacy rate however, only a 2% difference. all in all, Japan is better than Israel, but not by much.

__Sources__: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html#Econ http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Israel-EDUCATION.html