Theme 3
Development
Food production
industry
Tourism
Energy
Water
Environmental risk of economic development
TNC: NIKE
Lake District
Malaysia
Kenya
Cambridge Science park
Energy supply to UK
Beatrix Potter lived here and took inspiration in her books as well as bought a patch of land to preserve it from further development. tourists come to view her house and gallery which is paid entrance and see her inspiration for books such as Peter Rabbit
Arthur Ransome wrote Swallows and Amazons on the island cats island where it was filmed bringing in tourists to go to coniston water to paddle board or canoe out and follow the journey of the swallows and visit the place he was buried
Taylor Swift has dedicated a song to the lake district called 'the lakes' in her folklore album.
8 hours by car from london and 1.5 hours by train from manchester making it appealing for the mental health and an escape
national park attracts 15 million visitors per year with many walking routes with many lakes and water sports on offer.
Impacts
Litter: 26% of people admit to leaving litter behind: bins placed commonly, campaigns introduced running local litter pick groups, ten point plan introduced.
Traffic congestion/ air pollution: 83% of visitors travel by car effecting people's health and the environment: parking fines introduced.
Employment and economic growth
Footpath/ soil erosion
Water pollution: from diseases being carried from boats or paddle boards when crossing from different lakes: need advice / restrictions
Solutions:
Problems
Drought and hunger in East Africa as food shortages because drought decreases infiltration making soil difficult to farm on with less nutrients: lower than normal rainfall between October and December 2020
Destabilised by Covid19: farmers were unable to work due to potentially being ill with a lack of transport and people going to local markets to buy goods.
Worst devastation of locusts in half a century: diseases, wiping out fields of crops at one time.
Poverty: people have little food anyway so to cut it down even more would be dangerous to lives with crop value decreases so decrease in income.
Drought: La Nina has cool sea surface while Indonisia is warmer resulting in drying East Africa
Poor rains: likely in March to May 2021 leading to flooding and destruction to crops or too little leading to droughts.
Green revolution: led to high productivity of crops through adapted measures by using different seeds to help specific areas affected by global warming. increased yields and larger farm incomes increased. needs high inputs of fertilizers and more mechanisation
GM crops: increases adaptation to survive increases yield of crops as they are not susceptible to pests/disease, this could affect the environment.
Eat local: costs money to import goods
Food aid: aid given by MEDCs through World Food Programme as well as NGOs (Oxfam) which can increase dependence of LEDCs on food aid while reducing sales of crops grown locally
Changing farming system / inputs used: increases yield as water infiltration improves and soil erosion decreases from use of methods such as contour ploughing or intercropping
Headquarters in USA : research and development
765 factories: 43 countries: over 1 million workers.
most factories in South East Asia: cheap labour, incentives offered by government, local materials, countries close for transportation, expanding market.
moved factories from China to Vietnam and Indonesia due to wage difference
introduction of code of conduct and environmental target and corporate responsibility report.
70 miles from London
Near high speed trainline
Located near high level university
Located by A14 and M11 junction giving access to London
Better night life as located by University
By a river: water sources access and field access for materials
Flat land means it's cheap and easy to build on
main sources:
Coal
Gas: biggest source of fuel, formed underground and extracted by drilling into the ground and is imported from other countries when it has run out and transported through pipelines delivered to power stations where it is burnt to drive turbines to produce energy
Renewable: wind: development of large offshore wind farms becoming increasingly debatable, solar: new technology making solar panels generate electricity on cloudy days, hydroelectric: second biggest renewable energy generator in Scotland