Geography

Geography

1. Development

   • LEDC
   • MEDC
   • North-South Divide
   • High GDP
   • Long Life Expectancy
   • High HDI
   • High Percentage in Agriculture
   • High Birth Rate
   • High Literacy Levels
   • High Percentage of Urban Dwellers
   • High Percentage in Services
   • Economic
   • Social
   • Political
   • Environmental

2. Globalisation

   • Way people, companies, cultures and ideas are increasingly spreading around the world because of developments in transport and information technology
   • Time-space compression
     • Impact of new systems of transport and communications that accelerate the experience of time and reduce the significance of distance
   • Environmental
   • Economic
   • Technological
   • Social-Cultural
   • Political
   • Trans-national Corporation

3. Sustainable Futures

   • Birth Rate
   • Death Rate
   • Migration
   • Natural Increase
   • Annual Population Growth
   • 7 billion people in the world
     • 2.5 billion of these people live in China and India
   • 70% of the Earth is water
   • 5% of land is habitable
   • Human
     • Cities
     • Money
     • Jobs
     • Electricity
   • Physical
     • Water
     • Climate
     • Food
     • Protection from Natural landscapes
     • Fertile Land
   • Human/Physical
     • Resources

4. Global Warming and Climate Change

   • Greenhouse Effect
   • Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
   • Natural Causes of Climate Change
     • Volcanic Activity
     • Solar Output
     • Orbital Changes
   • Human Causes of Climate Changes