GS Review
- industries
- Tourism
- Food Production
- Urban Living
- Development
Key Term
Unit 02: Floods
Unit 01: Transport
Where is traffic congestion found in the city?
Why does traffic congestion occur?
How does traffic congestion affect people and the environment?
what is traffic congestion?
How do some cities manage traffic congestion?
which cities are prone to floods?
What are floods?
Why are these cities more prone to floods than others?
Unit 02: Industries Location
Unit 03: Global Industrial Shifts
Unit 01: Types of industries
Unit 02: Why has tourism become a global phenomenon?
Unit 03: Developing tourism at what cost?
Unit 01: How does the nature of tourism vary from place?
Unit 02: Reasons for variations in development in the world?
Unit 03: Strategies to alleviate uneven development?
Unit 01: variations in development in the world?
Unit 02: What are the trends and challenges in the production of food crops?
Unit 03: How can the problem of food shortage be addressed?
unit 01: How and why have food consumption patterns changed since the 1960?
Why do foods consumption patterns vary between DCs and LDCs
How do foods consumption patterns vary between DCs and LDCs over time?
What factors affect the intensity of food production and supply? 5 factors
What are the effects of continuing intensification of food production?
How has the production of crops changed since the 1960s? 3points
How effective is technology in solving the problem of food shortage?
What are the strategies to overcome food shortage?
Why do food shortages still occur?
Is technology in food production an effective solution to food shortage?
- looking at uneven development
- assessing the level of development of a country
- what is development?
why does uneven development exist?
How can we alleviate uneven development?
Economic
Socio-cultural
Political
pricing
Disposable income
food preferences
migration
religious beliefs
population growth
changing diets
food safety
stability of food supply
natural disaters
Civil war
organic food
fast food
what are the consequences of variations in food consumption patterns?
economic
political
health
social impacts
health
starvation
malnutrition
higher public health expenditures
lower productivity
long-term debt
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Impact of excess food consumption on individuals and countries
Economic
Social
Health
obesity and related illnesses
higher public health expenditure
lower productivity
dieting
food wastage
indicators of food consumption
changing food preferences
DCs and LDCs
daily calories intake
starchy staples as a percentage of all calores
food consumption per capita
meat
feuits and vegetables
cereals
standard of living
quality of life
DCs & LDCs
core-periphery theory
limitation of the HDI
Human development index
- differences in the levels of development in DCs and LDCs
Economic well-being
employment structure
employment opportunities
income per capita
Health
Education
infant mortality rate
availability of clear water supply
life expectancy
good sanitation
Literacy rate
- Economic reasons
- Social reasons
- Physical reason
- Political reasons
- Historical reasons
leadership
political conflict
Colonialism
climate
presence of raw materials
Cumulative causation
Population growth rate
Education
What is an industry?
Types of industries
Secondary industries
Tertiary industries
Primary industries
quaternary industries
Forestry industry
Farming industry
Fishing industry
Labour-intensive & capital-intensive industries
Light & heavy industries
Location of industries around the world
The location of industries
Human factors
Physical factors
raw materials
Energy
Land
Market
Technology
labour
Government
Capital
Transport
- Trend of transference
- Why do industries move their manufacturing activities?
- How has the global manufacturing industry changed?
- Impacts of the trend of transference
Industrialization due to large-scale manufacturing
Development of large-scale manufacturing
Space shrinking technology
Competitive advantages
Attractive government incentives
Large markets
Lower costs
Containerisation
Communication technology
Transport technology
Increase in foreign investments in LDCs
increase in export of manufactured products in LDCs
Shift in manufacturing-related jobs from DCs to LDCs
stream-powered machines were first used in the manufacturing of textile goods
these machines were then gradually introduced to other industries, leading to large-scale manufacturing
machines driven by steam power were developed
Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
free trade zones (FTZs)
having large population
lower labour cost
land for building factories and natural resources
Tax exemption
close proximity to immensely large populations of countries such as China and India
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How are the impacts of tourism managed?
what are the impacts of tourism?
socio-cultural impacts
environmental
economic impacts
- seasonal unemployment
- underuse of facilities
- infrastructure development
- shortage of services
- increase in foreign exchange
- growth in income
- employment opportunities
- dilution of culture and local customs
- increased crime
- preservation of culture and local customs
- vandalism
- pollution and littering
- increased congestion
- destruction of habitates
- conservation of natural environment
- increased carbon footprint
tensions in managing the impacts of tourism
Responsibilities of various groups :
conservation of fragile environments and sustainable tourism
tensions between tourists and the environment
measures for managing the tensions
tensions between tourists and locals
- tour operators
- non-governmental organisations
- visitors
- planning authorities
- local communities
mining industry