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Human Environments Flashcards

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Give an example of a social indicator of development

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Health
Literacy
Population Change - Natural Increase/Decrease

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I know examples of economic indicators of development

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Gross National Product: The total amount of money from goods and services produced by a country in one year
Percentage of working population employed in agriculture or industry
Average income per capita
Consumption of electricity per capita
Trade patterns and balances

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Give examples of factors influencing population distribution

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Temperature
More Health Education
Higher standard of living

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Name a factor affecting birth and a factor affecting death rates

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Birth Rate - Cost of raising and educating children, infant mortality rate
Death Rate - Nutrition, healthcare, sanitation and hygiene

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Characteristics of a developing population pyramid

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Wide Base, narrow apex

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Characteristics of a developed population pyramid

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Narrow base, wider apex

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Characteristics of CBD

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Accessibility

High land values

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Characteristics of Inner City

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19th Century grid iron street pattern

19th century need to be near to place of work

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Characteristics of suburbs/city edge

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Lower land values
Higher car ownership
More space for building

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Characteristics of the Rural Urban Fringe

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Land uses for townspeople but in the countryside

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Give an example of recent developments in Glasgows CBD

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Shopping- St Enoch Centre
Pedestrianisation
Motorways
New bridges taking traffic from CBD

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I can describe and explain the advantages and disadvantages of GM crops on the rural landscape of a less developed country

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Describe and explain the impact of new technology on the rural landscape of a less developed country

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I can describe and explain the advantages and disadvantages of biofuels on the rural landscape of a developing country

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Give an example of diversification of farming in Britain

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Describe and explain the advantages and disadvantages of of new technology in a developed country

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Describe and explain the effects of the government policy quotas on the rural landscape of a developed country

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18
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Which continents contain mainly developing countries and developed countries?

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