What do you need to know? Human Re-sit paper

Happy New Year!

If you are re-sitting the Human Paper then this is an outline of what you should 'know'!

Managing Rural Environments:
You need to be able to answer the following key questions. These will provide the root of the questions.
How and why do rural environments vary in character?
What are the processes of change that affect rural areas?
How are these leading to change & conflict?
What are the management challenges?
Who should decide how rural areas develop?
How do planners & decision makers resolve conflicts?
How successful are the strategies used to manage change & conflict?
What is the future for rural areas?

You should be able to illustrate these with case studies -e.g. Hill farming, Intensification of agriculture in the EEC, Green Revolution in SE Asia, using agriculture as a theme. I would make sure that you know about a rural area under pressure from the effects of urban growth (rural-urban fringe) & a remote urban area. These would bring out the difference between the characteristics of contrasting rural areas. The Yorkshire dales would be a good case study -even as far back as your Grassington fieldwork! Changes in population in rural areas is important. You need a case study of conflicts arising from change. There is a powerpoint on the Harrogate Wind Farm in Geographylost. You have to learn 2 from 4 enquiry questions around Tourism, Poverty, Development of Resources & Agriculture. Rural Futures needs specific examples of sustainable development initiatives. Not sure which ones Mr W taught but make sure that you learn them!

Managing Urban Environments:
Again there are key questions that you need to be able to respond to. They are:

What are the characteristics of urban environments?
How and why do contrasting urban environments develop?
INTRODUCING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
How do the nature and importance of urban environments vary spatially?
What functions occur in urban areas?
What impact has this had on land use zoning in urban areas? (Need a study of one urban land use model in detail)
What changes are taking place in the city centre and at the rural-urban fringe, and what conflicts have arisen?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
How and why does quality of life vary within urban environments?
Choose two of the following to illustrate the enquiry questions in 2.8:
–Managing the housing stock
– Managing movement in cities – problems of providing public transport.
– Managing environmental problems in the city, issues of waste, dereliction, air pollution,
noise, water supply, issues of environmental health of the inhabitants.
-Greening the City
THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
What are the challenges of managing urban environments?
How do planners and decision makers attempt to resolve these challenges?
What is the balance between private and public provision?
How successful are the strategies of planners and decision makers in improving the quality of life for all urban dwellers?
URBAN FUTURES Can urban environments be made sustainable?
(Don't forget managing the Brown Agenda in LEDC cities!)

You will have a more detailed outline from Mrs R but use this as a check list.
Let me know if you need anything more specific. The full spec. is on the EDEXCEL website (link on the right of the blog) if you need it.