Our Changing Planet Geography For The Core Of The International Baccalaureate Dipolma Geography Course 2020 Edition

Description

Our Changing Planet covers all parts of the Standard Level and Higher Level Core for IBDP Geography Paper 2. The 9 chapters mirror the structure of the syllabus.

Table of contents

Chapter 1 Patterns of population and economic development Population distribution Economic Development Comparative case studies of population and economic development in Papua New Guinea and China Chapter 2 Changing populations and places Population change Comparative case studies of population change in Cambodia and Russia Mega city growth A case study of Shenzhen, China Forced migration and internal displacement A case study of forced migration from Syria to Turkey to flee political conflict A case study of forced migration in Niger to flee environmental problems Chapter 3 Challenges and opportunities Population trends Population Policies The demographic dividend A case study of the demographic dividend in Vietnam Chapter 4 Causes of global climate change The atmospheric system The natural greenhouse effect The enhanced greenhouse effect Chapter 5 Consequences of global climate change Consequences of global climate change Impacts of climate change Chapter 6 Responding to climate change Climate change risk and vulnerability Contrasting case studies of the responses to climate change in Kiribati and Turkmenistan Government-led adaptation and mitigation Civil society and corporate strategies to address climate change Case study of a civil society response by providing biogas to farming villages in Guizhou, China Chapter 7 Global trends in consumption Poverty reduction and the new global middle class Trends in resource consumption Global patterns and trends Chapter 8 Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption The water-energy-food nexus The implications of climate change for the water-energy-food nexus Comparative case studies of the water-energy-food nexus in Albania and Kyrgyzstan The disposal and recycling of consumer wastes Chapter 9 Resource stewardship Divergent thinking about population and resource consumption Resource stewardship strategies The circular economy The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)