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Theme 6: Development and Resource Issues (Component 2)

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How does rising consumption damage the environment, and how can we respond sustainably?

Environmental challenges and sustainability: rising consumerism and its environmental impact, climate change as an environmental challenge (mitigation and adaptation), ecosystem degradation and restoration, and sustainable tourism and resource use.
An Eduqas GCSE Geography A (C111) answer to environmental challenges and sustainability, linked to Theme 8, covering rising consumerism and its impact, climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem degradation and restoration, and sustainable tourism and resource use.
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How do globalisation, trade, aid and tourism shape development?

Globalisation, trade, aid and tourism: the processes of globalisation and the role of transnational corporations, the patterns of world trade and the difference between free and fair trade, the types and value of aid, and tourism as a development strategy.
An Eduqas GCSE Geography A (C111) answer to globalisation, trade, aid and tourism in Theme 6, covering the processes of globalisation and transnational corporations, world trade and free versus fair trade, the types and value of aid, and tourism as a development strategy.
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How do we measure how developed a country is, and how reliable are the measures?

Measuring global inequalities: economic and social development indicators (GDP per capita, GNI, HDI, life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality), the strengths and limitations of single and composite indicators, and the global pattern of development.
An Eduqas GCSE Geography A (C111) answer to measuring global inequalities in Theme 6, covering economic and social development indicators (GDP per capita, GNI, HDI, life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality), the strengths and limitations of single and composite indicators, and the global pattern of development.
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Why are some countries far more developed than others, and what can close the gap?

The causes and consequences of uneven development: the physical, historical, economic and political causes of uneven development, the consequences at the global scale and within an LIC and an NIC, and strategies to reduce the development gap.
An Eduqas GCSE Geography A (C111) answer to the causes and consequences of uneven development in Theme 6, covering the physical, historical, economic and political causes, the consequences at the global scale and within an LIC and an NIC, and strategies to reduce the development gap.
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Why is water supply unequal, and how can it be managed sustainably?

Resource issues with a focus on water: the global pattern of water supply and demand, the causes and consequences of water insecurity, and strategies for the sustainable management of water at different scales.
An Eduqas GCSE Geography A (C111) answer to resource issues with a focus on water in Theme 6, covering the global pattern of water supply and demand, the causes and consequences of water insecurity, and strategies for the sustainable management of water at different scales.
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