Challenges in the human environment

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What this unit covers

• Section A: Urban issues and challenges: Use an urban regeneration project example to explain reasons for regeneration and the main features of the project.
• Section A: Urban issues and challenges: Use a major city in an LIC or NEE case study to explain location, importance and causes of growth.
• Section B: The changing economic world: Explain causes of economic change in the UK including de-industrialisation, decline of traditional industry, globalisation and government policies.
• Section B: The changing economic world: Explain movement towards a UK post-industrial economy, including information technology, service industries, finance, research, science and business parks.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Describe UK food resource issues including high-value food exports, seasonal food demand, organic produce, food miles, local sourcing and agribusiness.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Describe UK water resource issues including changing demand, water quality, pollution management, areas of deficit and surplus and water transfer.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Explain impacts of food insecurity including famine, undernutrition, soil erosion, rising prices and social unrest.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Explain sustainable food supply strategies including organic farming, permaculture, urban farming, sustainable fish and meat, seasonal food consumption, reduced waste and reduced losses.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Use a local LIC or NEE scheme example to explain increasing sustainable supplies of water.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Describe global patterns of water surplus and water deficit.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Describe the global distribution of energy consumption and supply.
• Section C: The challenge of resource management: Explain strategies to increase energy supply using renewable and non-renewable energy sources.