Case studies

Question 1

Population dynamics

Youthful and ageing population

Migration policies

Answer 1

Youthful: Mexico
Ageing: Japan

Migration: UK

Question 2

Consuming resources

Renewable resources

Sustainable resources

Non - renewable resources

Resource consumption

Managing resource consumption

Answer 2

Renew: Wind power in the USA 
Sustain: Biogas in India
Non-R: Black gold - oil 
Res Con: Malthus and Boserup
Manage: GM crops, hydrogen

Question 3

Globalisation

Employment structure

World organisations

Secondary TNC

Tertiary TNC

Answer 3

Emp s: UK, post industrialisation
World O: IMF, WTO, TNC
Sec: Nike
Tert: BT

Question 4

Development

Development theories

Top down development

Bottom up development

Answer 4

Development t: Rostow’s modernisation theory

TD: Three gorges dam in China. flood control, improved trade, more energy for china

BU: Wateraid installed hand pumps in Africa. Cost £292 each and are an example of intermediate technology

Question 5

Changing economy of the UK

Primary and secondary sector decline

Tertiary and quaternary growth

Brownfield development

Greenfield development

Answer 5

P & S Decline : North East (Yorkshire)

T & Q Growth: South East (London)

Brownfield: Fort Dunlop, Birmingham

Greenfield: Solihull, Birmingham

Question 6

Rural

Rural isolation

Rural area under pressure in developed c

Rural area under pressure in developing c

Answer 6

RI: Malawi

Developed: Lake district

Developing: Uganda