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4.1 Patterns of Resource Consumption

Week 10 & 11,

Food supplies & carrying capacity

Tasks

1) Food supplies & pressures on food supplies. If there is surplus in some places and scarcity in others, why isn't it just distributed to the places that need it?

2) Population & food shortages videos.

3) Malthus theory & limitations.

Neo-malthusians - Club of Rome

Anti-Malthusians - Boserup

* Guardian population article, Jan 2011- read & make notes

* Food prices & Malthus, Feb 2011

4) Future of Food videos (BBC)

Food, famine & climate change

How will we feed the world in the future

5) BBC Horizon: population video.

6) Population Dynamics

7) What if population forecasts are wrong? (Guardian 2011)

CASE STUDY: Easter Island - overpopulation?

Attenbrough Easter Island & population decline video.

Easter Island text resources:

Easter Island page 1

Easter Isalnd page 2

Homework: Explain how & why Easter Island can be used to exemplify the theory of Malthus.

Homework: Essay - Can the world feed its population? Is hunger due to overpopulation or poor allocation of resources.

2sides of A4 maximum, between font 10 & 14. You should consider arguments for both options & reach a conclusion.

To be handed in by Thursday 29th April.

4.2 Changing Patterns of Energy Consumption


Week 1	Energy Resources Fossil Fuels 1) Changing importance of coal & oil. Tar Sands Shale Gas - World reserves of shale gas (Guardian interactive) watch video extracts from 'gaslands' 2) New technologies relating to fossil fuels 1) Types of energy resources (renewable, non-renewable, sustainable). 2) Pros & cons of different energy resources. 3) Why have we traditionally used fossil fuels & why are we now increasingly looking for alternatives. Resource use & Development (Telegraph 2011) Carbon Offsetting summary (Guardian 2011)

Week 2	Group Presentations Nuclear energy & risks/perceptions Hydrogen fuel cells & increased energy efficiency Ecological footprint & energy recycling New technologies for fossil fuels (include CCS).

Week 3	Huge solar photovoltaic farm opens in France (Guardian 2011) Biofuels interactive (National Geographic) Read pages 532 to 550: Waugh: An Integrated Approach Answer Qs 1,2 & 10 on p.550 & 551.
	Homework: read articles about energy sources/resources: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/energy