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.

  1. Read N&C 614-638
  2. Read N&C Study guide p. 210 - 215
  3. Read the paper 3 external assessment markbands
  4. Read rest of the Mexico-US handout with particular attention to p. 51 to 57. This will be your TBP case study.
    1. Watch all videos on P. Peattie's The New River: An environmental success story, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2014.
    2. Write an essay or a detailed outline for this IB style question: Analyze the consequences of one specific transboundary pollution event. [12 marks] (N11)
  5. Answer the following N&C questions
    1. Page 639, Activity 9, #1, 2
    2. Page 638, Check your Understanding, # 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
  6. Read Chapter 11 of Charles Wheelan's Naked Economics, (W.W. Norton, 2002) (YIS Only)
  7. Answer the Paper 3 style summative assessment