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|Economic Development Lesson's | 

|3.1 Development|

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| 3.2.Agricultural System | 

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Candidates should be able to:

Use a variety of indicators to assess the level of development of a country Identify and explain inequalities between and within countries Classify production into different sectors and give illustrations of each Describe and explain how the proportions employed in each sector vary according to the level of development Describe and explain the process of globalisation, and consider its impacts

 

Further guidance

Indicators of development (including GNP per capita, literacy, life expectancy and composite indices, e.g. Human Development Index (HDI)) Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors Use of indicators of development and employment structure to compare countries at different levels of economic development and over time The role of technology and transnational corporations in globalisation along with economic factors which give rise to globalisation Impacts at a local, national and global scale

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Case Study required for 3.1

• A transnational corporation and its global links

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Candidates should be able to:

Describe and explain the main features of an agricultural system: inputs, processes and outputs Recognise the causes and effects of food shortages and describe possible solutions to this problem

 

Further guidance

Farming types: commercial and subsistence; arable, pastoral and mixed; intensive and extensive The influence of natural and human inputs on agricultural land use (including natural inputs [relief, climate and soil] and human inputs [economic and social]).

Their combined influences on the scale of production, methods of organisation and the products of agricultural systems Natural problems which cause food shortages (including drought, floods, tropical storms, pests) and economic and political factors (including low capital investment, poor distribution/transport difficulties, wars) The negative effects of food shortages; the effects of food shortages in encouraging food aid and measures to increase output

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Case Studies required for 3.2

• A farm or agricultural system

• A country or region suffering from food shortages

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|3.3 Industry|

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Candidates should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of an industrial system: inputs, processes and outputs (products and waste)

Describe and explain the factors influencing the distribution and location of factories and industrial zones

 

Further guidance

Industry types: manufacturing, processing, assembly and high technology industry The influence of factors including land, labour, raw materials and fuel and power, transport, markets and political factors Their combined influences on the location, scale of production, methods of organisation and the products of the system Industrial zones and/or factories with respect to locational and siting factors

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Case Study required for 3.3

• An industrial zone or factory

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| 3.4 Tourism | 

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Candidates should be able to:

Describe and explain the growth of tourism in relation to the main attractions of the physical and human landscape

Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of tourism to receiving areas

Demonstrate an understanding that careful management of tourism is required in order for it to be sustainable 

 

Case Study required for 3.4

• An area where tourism is important

| 3.5 Energy| 

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Candidates should be able to:

Describe the importance of non-renewable fossil fuels, renewable energy supplies, nuclear power and fuelwood; globally and in different countries at different levels of development

Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of nuclear power and renewable energy sources

 

Further guidance

Non-renewable fossil fuels including coal, oil and natural gas. Renewable energy supplies including geothermal, wind, HEP, wave and tidal power, solar power and biofuels

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Case Study required for 3.5

• Energy supply in a country or area

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Candidates should be able to:

Describe methods of water supply and the proportions of water used for agriculture, domestic and industrial purposes in countries at different levels of economic development

Explain why there are water shortages in some areas and demonstrate that careful management is required to ensure future supplies

 

Further guidance

Methods of water supply (including reservoirs/dams, wells and bore holes, desalination) The impact of lack of access to clean water on local people and the potential for economic development

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Case Study required for 3.6

• Water supply in a country or area

|3.7 Environmental Risks of Economic Development|

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Candidates should be able to:

  • Describe how economic activities may pose threats to the natural environment and people, locally and globally

  • Demonstrate the need for sustainable development and management Understand the importance of resource conservation

 

Further guidance

Threats to the natural environment (including soil erosion, desertification, enhanced global warming and pollution [water, air, noise, visual])

 

Case Study required for 3.7

  • An area where economic development is taking place and causing the environment to be at risk

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