People and the Planet

Increased population (China)

why:

• build a bigger army 

Anti-natalist policy:

• one child policy

Effects of the policy:

• unbalanced population
• demand on living space

Decreased population (Japan)

Why:

• Women are more career focused and dont have children
• Againg population, people are living longer (increase in pensions)
• People are getting married later in life

Increasing and migration (mexico)

• 
  large youthful population 
• low death rate
• Abortion has beeen legalised

Migrate to the USA illegally:

• better jobs
• better lifestyle
• safe

USA try to limit migration

Pro-Natalist Policy (Sweden)

• Paternal leave (13 months)
• Speed premium (money if age gap between children is less than 30 months)
• Cash child (£900 per child)
• sick child care (120 days off work to care for child when ill)
• All day child care and schooling

Imigration policies

Russia- Decreasing population

• cash insetives to get previous Russian citizens back
• encouragement for migrant workers (highly skilled jobs)
• 2007 migrant worker encouragment

UK- balanced population

• Points system (gain points to get a visa)
• to gain a visa they must be English speaking, Highly skilled

Hydroelectric-power (Peru)

Positives:

• More jobs
• more electricty
• easy to maintain
• intermidate technology (learnt by themselves)
• Study resources (computers in schools)
• Medicanes are stored in fridges

Negatives:

• Reliant on hydro-power and water

Biogas (India)

Positives:

• Efficent
• Use's left over food 
• Reduces waste
• Cheap
• used as a fertiliser (put back into environment)
• Easy to use

Negatives:

• Reliant on the gas and food

SUSTAINABLE

Food security (Abu Dhabi)

Oil is a non-rewable resource

Abu Dhabi lack in water and have high temperatures which leads to famine

• Air conditioning at bus stops (uses electricty which consumes oil)
• encourages use of public transport

Food security: 

• Farms bought in Africa
• food imported from Africa

Future:

• Oil will run out
• Disalineration plants

Mathus: (NEGATIVE)

• Population exceeds resources
• Reach natural check points (war, famine)

Boserup (POSITIVE):

• Technology will increase knowledge 
• Alternative resource will be found

Emotional attatchment:

• Friends 
• Family 

Functional attatchment:

• Work
• Cheap

Worst living spaces

Magadishu: (political)

• No goverment
• demolished buildings
• unsafe 
• war

Detroit: (economic)

• 50% unemployment
• 50% population decrease
• abandoned buildings
• drug trafficing

Goverment provided jobs but all were out-sourced

Take down abandoned buildings and build urban farms

Urban MEDC:

• Buildings, shops, housing 
• Lots of people
• conjestion

Urban LEDC:

• Extreme overcrowding
• rural migration
• poor quality housing

Rural MEDC

• Countryside (pretty)
• Rural idyll
• traveling isnt to bad

Rural LEDC

• Isolated
• Lack of healthcare
• Poverty
• Sustience

Old economy:

• Manufacturing 
• Agriculture
• labour intensive

New economy:

• Technology
• research
• Highly skilled
• knowledge

Dot coms:

• Global
• online business

Changes in the work place:

• Varation in nationalities
• Women (gender balance)
• Working hours (flexible, able to work from home, more holidays)

Stress (push away)- War and unemployment

Strain (pull in)- Jobs and Area

Waste solutions:

• London waste centre

Transport solutions:

• Boris Bikes (public transport)
• Conjestion charges
• BEDZED (eco- community) 

Green Consumption:

Bigger shops (Tessco):

• Variety
• Big Car-parks
• weekly shops
• supply everything

Benefits of using alternatives:

• Better quality 
• Organic
• Less food miles (Co2)
• Improves local economy 

Primary:

• Obtaining raw materials
• Fishing, deforestation

Secondary:

• Processing raw materials
• Carpenters

Tertiary:

• Businesses

Quanternary:

• IT and technology

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