Year 13: A2 Module - Global Challenge

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Links are relevant to the AQA Geography A2

A2 Module: Global Challenge

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Geography Newsroom http://www.geographynewsroom.co.uk/

Challenges facing our planet at: news.bbc.co.uk and www.globalissues.org
The Green Room – opinions on the challenges facing our planet: news.bbc.co.uk
Terradaily – news from planet earth: www.terradaily.com
TED – click ‘Global Issues’ http://www.ted.com/
Can we build a sustainable society? here

Weather & Climate

Jetstreams: here
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ): africa-itcz

BBC Newsround Global Warming.
Impacts of climate change: www.bbc.co.uk .
Open University resources on climate change: openlearn.open.ac.uk
Policies on climate change: www.bbc.co.uk .
Climate change around the world: news.bbc.co.uk
Global warming & climate change: news.bbc.co.uk.
Radio 1 documentary: Global Warming - www.bbc.co.uk
Climate change scepticism: www.hudson.org and www.open2.net
El Nino here . El Nino in 2006: here , here and here
Human impact on storms: news.bbc.co.uk

Biomes

Biomes and their climates: www.forgefx.com
Forests or plantations? www.cru.uea.ac.uk

Globalisation & Development

Huge user-friendly site about economic development - The Commanding Heights: www.pbs.org

Globalisation the basics: news.bbc.co.uk
What is globalisation? news.bbc.co.uk
Listen to a lecture "Is the world really shrinking?"
Globalisation on the radio: www.bbc.co.uk
Global environmental, social and economic change: earthtrends.wri.org .
Globalisation in the car industry: news.bbc.co.uk
Globalisation of waste: environment.guardian.co.uk
Outsaucing - HP Sauce moves away from Birmingham: www.brownsauce.org
Global sourcing of pencils (way back in 1958!) www.econlib.org
Workers’ rights in the global economy: www.nlcnet.org

The production chain for a pair of jeans: www.tes.co.uk and
www.geographypages.co.uk
How much does the UK depend on the rest of the world? www.neweconomics.org .

Country rankings by various development indicators here and here
Watch development happen on exciting scatter graphs (honestly!) gapminder
World maps of various indicators (you will have to register for this site): maps.maplecroft.com/

A detailed site about poverty: povlinks
Chronic Poverty Research Centre: www.chronicpoverty.org
Poverty mapped worldwide: maps.grida.no
Causes of poverty: www.globalissues.org
What’s poverty in the UK? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7481927.stm

Where do you fit on the Global Rich List? http://www.globalrichlist.com/

What is the International Monetary Fund? www.imf.org
World Bank views on development issues: worldbank.org .
WTO BBC Newsround World Trade Organisation.
G8 BBC Newsround the G8.

The Millenium Development Goals at: www.un.org .

How committed are MEDCs to aiding development? www.cgdev.org

Africa in facts and figures: www.learningafrica.org.uk
African case studies on a variety of development issues: www.learningafrica.org.uk
Sustainable Africa: allafrica.com
Virtual Zambia here .
Real life in Ghana: www.plan-ed.org
Visit a Ugandan village: www.plan-uk.org
Play the 'game' of life in Darfur: www.darfurisdying.com

Virtual Bangladesh: www.virtualbangladesh.com .

India & China - profiles of the emerging economic giants: news.bbc.co.uk
Infochange India: www.infochangeindia.org
Hear about China's economic miracle (this is an MP3 sound file): china.mp3.
Video diaries from Chinese and Indian workers: bbc.co.uk
Multinationals and India’s service revolution: news.bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio journey to the 'beating heart of China's economic boom': worldtoday/news
IPod manufacture in China: www.mailonsunday.co.uk

Do transnational corporations operate like this? mcdonalds_game.htm
Simsweatshop www.simsweatshop.com
The true cost of coffee: news.bbc.co.uk
Starbucks, Ethiopia and coffee: www.guardian.co.uk
Multinationals and India’s service revolution: news.bbc.co.uk

Introduction to world trade issues: www.globaleye.org.uk .
Open University resources about the WTO and LEDCs: openlearn.open.ac.uk
Current world trade issues: news.bbc.co.uk .
What is free trade? www.oxfam.org.uk (thanks to Jamie Smith for this link)
Export industries in Kenya: www.epzakenya.com
Trade and development links here , here and here .
Bananas and fair trade in the Windward Islands.
St Lucia saved by fair-trade bananas? environment.guardian.co.uk
Detailed assessment of fair trade in bananas from Ghana: www.nri.org
Fair trade versus free trade: www.nfu.org, www.samuelbrittan.co.uk, www.onpointradio.org,
www.foodanddrinkeurope.com and www.sierraclub.org
Open University resources about labour and trade issues between Mexico and the USA: openlearn.open.ac.uk

Aid and development links:
www.globaleye.org.uk , www.makepovertyhistory.org , www.bized.ac.uk and www.guardian.co.uk .
How much do governments give in aid? www.globalissues.org
Are aid levels falling? business.guardian.co.uk
What does Wateraid do? www.wateraid.org
Oxfam briefing on food aid: www.oxfam.org

Debt and development links www.makepovertyhistory.org

Population

How is population data collected? www.bbc.co.uk

Population links at top-population-websites .
Glossary of population terminology at: www.school-portal.co.uk .
The Demographic Transition Model: Demotrans and www.kesgrave.suffolk.sch.uk .
Population pyramids and demographic transition at: www.bbc.co.uk .
Creating population pyramids in Excel: pyramids.html
Create population pyramids for any country here: www.census.gov .
Population change simulator: play_population

World population growth slows down: news.bbc.co.uk .
Past, current and future population estimates here .
The concepts of optimum, under- and over-population here .
Malthus' theory of population growth here .
Boserup's ideas about population growth here
Carbon and population at Breathing Earth: www.breathingearth.net
The Optimum Population Trust: www.optimumpopulation.org
Which is the biggest problem, overpopulation or overconsumption? www.npg.org , www.bcen.bc.ca and www.henrygeorge.org
Or should we worried about underpopulation? www.metafuture.org and www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org

Population and development links at www.globaleye.org.uk .
If the world were a village… www.miniature-earth.com/

Details of Thailand's population and population policy: Family_ Planning_Fact_Sheets .
Details of India's population policy: www.india-seminar.com and Family_ Planning_Fact_Sheets .
Indian condom problem: news.bbc.co.uk
Animated Chinese population pyramid here: ChinaFood .
Views on China's population policy at: www.overpopulation.com , news.bbc.co.uk , www.peopleandplanet.net ,
geography.about.com and www.tibettruth.com
Wifeless future for China’s men? news.bbc.co.uk
Has the One Child Policy worked? news.bbc.co.uk

China’s elderly care problem: news.bbc.co.uk
China tones down one child posters: independent.co.uk
Campaigns about population policy from China, India and Kenya: worldbalance .

Analysis of population dilemmas for Europe: www.popcouncil.org .
Is Sweden underpopulated? www.pupilvision.com .
Russian ‘sex day’ to boost the population: news.bbc.co.uk

Britain's aging population: news.bbc.co.uk.
The Optimum Population Trust's view of UK population: www.optimumpopulation.org .
Brits go abroad: news.bbc.co.uk

Download summary Powerpoint presentations about topics such as the impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa here: www.populationconcern.org.uk .

Where did we all come from? www.cambridgedna.com

A guide to international migration here .
Theories of international migration here .
The impacts of migration here .
Factfile on global migration: news.bbc.co.uk .
Online lessons about migration: www.angliacampus.com and here www.bbc.co.uk .
Research about international migration: www.migrationdrc.org .
Worldwide migration issues: here.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees: www.unhcr.org .

Migration into the UK: news.bbc.co.uk and www.guardian.co.uk .
Record numbers leave Britain: www.guardian.co.uk
Polish migration to the UK: www.guardian.co.uk
Remittances from the UK: www.dfid.gov.uk and news.bbc.co.uk

Would you qualify to migrate to Canada? www.cic.gc.ca
Proposed guest worker scheme for Australia: www.workpermit.com .

Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo: Kosovo-Ethnic_Cleansing1 and Kosovo-Ethnic_Cleansing2 .
Russian Jews move to Israel, then back again: www.boykotisrael.dk or
www.msnbc.msn.com .
Turkish guest workers in Germany: news.bbc.co.uk and www.telegraph.co.uk .
Migrant workers in Southern Italy: www.guardian.co.uk
Does Germany need immigrants? news.bbc.co.uk .

One way of entering Europe: news.bbc.co.uk
Brits abroad: www.guardian.co.uk