Environmental_Change

=Environmental Change=

[[image:syllabus.png]]SYLLABUS REQUIREMENTS

 * • **degradation through raw material production** || Identify the effects of agro-industrialization and changes in international production and consumption on the physical environment.

Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for one raw material. Examine the concept of food miles and the environmental consequences of increasing volumes of air freight. || Examine the growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of these global interactions. Examine the role of **one** international civil society organization in fostering improved environmental management. ||
 * ** • the effects of transnational manufacturing and services** || Discuss the reasons for and consequences of the relocation of polluting industries (such as some TNCs) and waste disposal (such as ICT, chemical, and nuclear waste) to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations. ||
 * ** • transboundary pollution** || Describe **one** major pollution event affecting more than one country and analyse the consequences of and responses to this event.
 * ** • homogenization of landscapes** || Explain the evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure.
 * 8 hours ** ||

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[[image:skills.png]]GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS
Most of the 'Interpret, analyse and when appropriate construct tables, graphs, diagrams, cartogaphic materials and images' skills could be taught in this section of the Higher Level Extension.

[[image:resources.png]]TEXTBOOK RESOURCES

 * Identify the effects of agro-industrialization and changes in international production and consumption on the physical environment.

Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for one raw material.

Examine the concept of food miles and the environmental consequences of increasing volumes of air freight. || Water Resources: Process and Management. Bishop and Prosser pages 173 to182 ||
 * Discuss the reasons for and consequences of the relocation of polluting industries (such as some TNCs) and waste disposal (such as ICT, chemical, and nuclear waste) to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations. || Waugh, An Integrated Approach, Third Edition: p.578-579, p.580-582 ||
 * Describe **one** major pollution event affecting more than one country and analyse the consequences of and responses to this event.

Examine the growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of these global interactions.

Examine the role of **one** international civil society organization in fostering improved environmental management. || Water Resources: Process and Management. Bishop and Prosser pages 169 to 172 ||
 * Explain the evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure.
 * 8 hours ** || Planet Geography. Codrington. pages 702 to 713 ||