PATTERNS+IN+RESOURCE+CONSUMPTION

__**GEOGRAPHY HOMEWORK PATTERNS IN RESOURCE CONSUMPTION**__ Evaluate the ecological footprint as a measure of the relationship between population size and resource consumption. Identify international variations in its size. Discuss the two opposing views (neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian) of the relationship between population size and resource consumption. Discussion on Malthusian theory - **Access to Geography, Population** - pages 5-6, 17, 19-20,55 What is an [|ecological footprint]? [|Urban and ecological]footprint Ecological footprint [|quiz]
 * Planet Geography ** Third Edition Will Resources Run Out? p.49-53

__**CHANGING PATTERNS OF ENERGY**__ **__CONSUMPTION__** Analyse the global patterns and trends in the production and consumption of ** oil. ** Examine the geopolitical and environmental impacts of these changes in patterns and trends. Examine the changing importance of other **Planet Geography** Third Edition Lack of Coincidence Between Areas of Production and Consumption Oil p. 53-59 Who uses [|oil?] [|Ecuador]oil spill

__**CONSERVATION STRATEGIES**__ Discuss the reduction of resource consumption by conservation, waste reduction, recycling and substitution. Evaluate a strategy at a local or national scale aimed at reducing the consumption of one resource. **Planet Geography** Third Edition Recycling of Natural Resources p. 68-74 A good case study of [|British Glass]

In addition look at the new version - ** Fifth Edition of Planet Geography ** - Chapter 4 which outlines exactly the course requirements for this topic. Also look at Waugh - **Geography an Intergrated Approach** - chapter 18