Modular 'A' Level Geography

Edexcel [London Board] Syllabus A.

Module 4 Human Environments 2 (6204)
 


Module 4 Human Environments 2 (6204)

Economic Activity (Agriculture, Industry & Services), Transport, Development, Trade, Aid

There is a lot of overlap in this section between the various articles, so the links can not be easily sorted into sub-groups. Beware of bias in some of the articles and look for alternative viewpoints wherever possible.

button Aid US aid to Indonesia (1997)

button Aid Appraisal of US aid policy

button United NationsU.N. Home Page

button De-industrialization A discussion paper on its effects in the US.

button Globalization A massive article but worth reading the first few pages…

button Globalization IIArticle on the problems caused by globalization.

button Multinational CompaniesThe Effect of Multinational [Transnational] Companies on
Development

button Corporation Watch top 200 transnationals

button Corporation Watch a brief history of transnationals

button Corporation Watch a nine-part series of articles on transnationals from Australia

button Corporation Watch an article on Japanese transnationals

button Corporation Watch an article on Mitsubishi, Japan

button Corporation Watchtransnationals and the environment

button 'The Drilling Fields' Channel 4 documentary on Shell

button The Web 100web sites of the top 100 companies

button Agriculture & Food SecurityThe Socio-Political Impact of Biotechnology in Developing
Countries

button Food Security for a Growing World Population200 Years After Malthus, Still an Unsolved
Problem

button SingaporeWinning Development Strategies

button SingaporeHas the Growth Stopped?

button Thailand Economic Crisis - the fall of the 'tiger' (Nov.1997)

button Indonesia Growth and decline of the 'tiger' (Mar. 1998)

button Food And Agriculture Organisation [FAO] - a UN site with a wealth of information on a wide
range of farming related topics.

button International Rice Research Institute [IRRI] - a famous organisation that pioneered the research work which led to the Green Revolution of the 1960's and 1970's. The organisation is still going strong and now on the WWW. The site literally contains evrything you could wish to know about rice and rice growing. An excellent site.

button Farming Glossary - a farming glossary from the University of Kentucky. It is detailed but
watch out for the different American spellings of some words.

buttonClass Notes - a set of quite detailed class notes from the Univ. of Kentucky Agripedia. Try:
GEN100 - Issues In Agriculture: The Development of Modern Agriculture
GEN200 - Contemporary Problems In Agriculture and Natural Resources


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