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
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
Read N&C 614-638
Read N&C Study guide p. 210 - 215
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