Human Geography Questions
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- poor countries are far more exposed to climate risks than rich coutries ( bear 75% of the costs)- - impacts of global heating undermine basic rights to life, water, food..
- growing awareness - 2/3 think the federal government do too little- the costs of power from wind and solar have plunged by 70% - China = dominant produced of solar panels- America would be deprive of global influence over climate
the risk of community discontent, growing inequality, deprivation- stimulate nationalist, xenophobic
=A dynamic center of globalisationAir traffic is very dense > more than 146 passengers are arriving to or departing from London each year. = an international destination hub
aren't doing enoigh - limit by spending billions on adaptation measures like flood barriers- but preparing for future threats will require transformational change that involve how people build homes, grow food
- would stimulus demand - the transition to the green economy would likely usher in a new boom
- president joe biden would like that number to be net zero - the most far-reaching climate bill ever enacted - it aims to decarbonise the economy by 2050- covered by a corporate-tax increase
- open up the Amazon rainforest to mining
Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
2 reasons why nations in Africa and Eastern Europe saw a huge drop in income in the 1990's
Economic activities that involve processing and manufacturing raw materials into a finished product
Economic activities that involve mining, fishing, agriculture, forestry are called?
What stage of Rostow's Development Model do countries become major export industry with increased international trade?
What stage of Rostow's Development Model do countries experience little ability to "move up" and become more wealthy?
Wallersteins' world systems theory divides the world in 3 regions
what country is stopping imports of plastic
what city is using climate change to advertise
what was first country to ban plastic bags
United Nations conference- how many countries/ principles
The galactic city model was developed in response to the growth of suburbs and the need for a more complex model than the sector and concentric zone models. Which of the following is a strength of the galactic city model?