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Global interactions (Environmental change (Effects of agro…
Global interactions
Environmental change
- Effects of agro-industrialization and changes
in international production and consumption on the
physical environment.
- Environmental consequences of increasing
international demand for one raw material
- Food miles and the environmental
consequences of increasing volumes of air freight
- Reasons for and consequences of the
relocation of polluting industries and waste disposal to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations.
- One major pollution event affecting more than
one country, the consequences of and responses of it
- Growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of transboundary pollution
- Role of one international civil society organization in fostering improved environmental management
- Evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure (homogenisation)
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Sociocultural exchanges
- Examine the diffusion of cultural traits resulting from the international movement of workers, tourists and commodities
- Describe the role of TNCs and the media in spreading consumer culture. Select two different branded commodities and examine the spatial and temporal pattern of adoption on a global scale
- Examine the role of diasporas in preserving culture in one country and the adoption of minority traits by host societies
- Examine the impact of cultural diffusion on one indigenous and remote society through the influence of international interactions
- Examine the ways in which international interactions
may result in the homogenization and dilution of culture
Political outcomes
- Discuss the links between the diminishing effectiveness
of political borders and the flow of goods, capital, labour and ideas, and the role of one multi-governmental organization
- Discuss the shift of power from nation state to TNCs as a
result of their economic size and dominance. Compare
the wealth of TNCs with that of nation states
- Examine the resurgence of nationalism in one country as
it attempts to retain control of its resources and culture
- Discuss anti-globalization movements
- Discuss the attempts to control migration into one country
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