Overview: Impact of Growing Affluence on LCC and Biodiversity Loss

Question 1

Nature of LCC

Answer 1

• Affluent countries have increased demand for consumption of products, along with increased life expectancy
• They move away from producing goods, relying on less wealthy countries to produce goods (global displacement land use)
• Focus more on urbanisation and recreational land use changes

Question 2

Rate of LCC

Answer 2

• Ability to create more efficient ways of inducing and speeding up the processes of LCC
• Increased demand and longer life expectancies make it possible and necessary to use more resources

Question 3

Extent of LCC

Answer 3

• Results in increased specialisation, the growth of leisure and increased demand.
• Consumption grows as products become cheaper and more available, resulting in the expansion of LCC
• Wealth and longer life-spans make it possible and necessary to use more resources, which demands more land area

Question 4

Nature of Biodiversity Loss

Answer 4

• results in a shift of economical focus towards urbanisation and recreation, and away from agriculture
• this results in more demand for resources such as forests where many species live, rather than open spaces of land

Question 5

Rate of Biodiversity Loss

Answer 5

• Creates increased demand, resulting in faster removal of biodiversity for agriculture, urbanisation and products
• countries have the ability to create more efficient techniques to remove biodiversity faster

Question 6

Extent of Biodiversity Loss

Answer 6

• Specialisation, growth of leisure and increased demand for goods results larger areas of land being used
• areas previously untouched are affected