Development geography
Development geography is a branch of geography which covered to the standard of living in addition to its quality of life of its human inhabitants. In this context, development is a process of conform that affects peoples' lives. It may involve an usefulness in the category of life as perceived by the people undergoing change. However, coding is not always a positive process. Gunder Frank commented on the global economic forces that lead to the development of underdevelopment. This is described in his dependency theory.
In development geography, geographers examine spatial patterns in development. They try to find by what characteristics they can measure development by looking at economic, political together with social factors. They seek to understand both the geographical causes and consequences of varying development. Studies compare More Economically Developed Countries MEDCs with Less Economically Developed Countries LEDCs. Additionally variations within countries are looked at such as the differences between northern and southern Italy, the Mezzogiorno.