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3.2.2 The changing economic world

9 dot points across 9 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What is the development gap, and how can tourism and aid help to close it?

The consequences of uneven development, and how investment, industrial development, aid, intermediate technology, fair trade, debt relief, microfinance and tourism can reduce the development gap.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.2, covering the consequences of uneven development and the strategies that reduce the development gap, including a case study of how tourism has helped Jamaica develop.
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How can the world increase its supply of food, water or energy sustainably?

The optional resource (food, water or energy): the global pattern of supply and demand, the impacts of insecurity, and strategies to increase supply sustainably, with case studies.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.3 optional resource, using food as the example: the global pattern of food supply and demand, the impacts of food insecurity, and large-scale and sustainable strategies including the Indus Basin and local schemes.
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How is Nigeria developing, and what role do TNCs and aid play?

A case study of a newly emerging economy (Nigeria): its global and regional importance, the changing industrial structure, the role of transnational corporations and aid, and the environmental and quality-of-life impacts of growth.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.2, using Nigeria as a case study of a newly emerging economy, covering its importance, changing industry, the role of TNCs such as Shell, aid, and the impacts of growth.
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Why are food, water and energy so important, and how is supply changing in the UK?

The significance of food, water and energy to economic and social wellbeing, and an overview of how the demand for and provision of these resources is changing in the UK.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.3, covering the global significance of food, water and energy and an overview of changing demand and supply of these resources in the UK.
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How do we measure development, and why are some countries richer than others?

Measures of development, the Demographic Transition Model, the causes of uneven development, and the strategies used to reduce the global development gap.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.2, covering economic and social measures of development, the Demographic Transition Model, the physical, economic and historical causes of uneven development, and strategies to reduce the development gap.
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How has the UK economy changed, and how is it linked to the wider world?

Economic change in the UK, the move to a post-industrial economy, the impacts of industry on the environment, changes in the rural landscape, transport improvements, the north-south divide and the UK's global links.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.2, covering deindustrialisation and the post-industrial UK economy, science and business parks, sustainable industry, rural change, transport improvements, the north-south divide and the UK's global links.
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How is a major UK city changing, and how can urban living be made sustainable?

A case study of a major UK city: its location and importance, the impacts of national and international migration, the social, economic and environmental opportunities and challenges of urban change, and features of sustainable urban living.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.1, using London as a case study of urban change in a UK city, covering its importance, migration, opportunities and challenges, an urban regeneration scheme, and sustainable urban living.
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Why are cities growing so fast, and what challenges does urban growth create?

Global patterns of urbanisation, the causes and consequences of urban growth, and the social, economic and environmental challenges and opportunities that rapid urban growth creates.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.1, covering global patterns of urbanisation, the causes of urban growth through rural-urban migration and natural increase, and the challenges and opportunities urban growth brings.
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How does a major city in a poorer country grow, and how can its squatter settlements be improved?

A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE: its location and importance, the causes of growth, the opportunities and challenges of growth, and how squatter settlements can be improved.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Geography 3.2.1, using Rio de Janeiro as a case study of a major city in an NEE, covering its growth, opportunities, challenges and how the Favela Bairro Project improves squatter settlements.
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