6.2. Environmental risks
How global interactions create environmental risks for particular places and people
How global interactions affect the physical environment by varying degrees at different scales
Transboundary pollution (TBP) affecting a large area/more than one country
- One TBP case study including the consequences and possible responses
Environmental impacts of global flows at varying scales:
- localized pollution, including impacts along shipping lanes
- carbon footprints for global flows of food, goods and people
Environmental issues linked with the global shift of industry:
- polluting manufacturing industries
- food production systems for global agribusiness
This section of the unit will be done over Spring break as self-study.
This section of the unit will be done over Spring break as self-study.
- Read N&C 614-638
- Read N&C Study guide p. 210 - 215
- Read the paper 3 external assessment markbands
- Read rest of the Mexico-US handout with particular attention to p. 51 to 57. This will be your TBP case study.
- Watch all videos on P. Peattie's The New River: An environmental success story, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2014.
- Write an essay or a detailed outline for this IB style question: Analyze the consequences of one specific transboundary pollution event. [12 marks] (N11)
- Answer the following N&C questions
- Page 639, Activity 9, #1, 2
- Page 638, Check your Understanding, # 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
- Read Chapter 11 of Charles Wheelan's Naked Economics, (W.W. Norton, 2002) (YIS Only)
- Answer the Paper 3 style summative assessment