Revision Notes on the Population and The Environment (A Level AQA Geography)

Comprehensive Revision Notes Covering: Global Population, Physical Factors Affecting Population, Food Production and Consumption, Agricultural Productivity and Systems, Polar Climates, Tropical Climates, Climate Change, Soil Functions, Classification, Zonal Soils – Latosols, Soil Water Erosion, Soil Solutions, Major Soil Issues, Structural Deterioration, Increasing Food Security, Health, Morbidity Patterns, Epidemiological Transition – Changing Mortality Patterns, Geography of Disease - Topography, Climate, Air, Water, Biologically Transmitted Disease Case Study – Malaria - Physical, Socio-Economic, Impacts, Management/Mitigation, Non-Communicable Disease Case Study – Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) - Physical, Socio-Economic, Impacts, Management /Mitigation, Role of International Agencies - Successes, Criticism, Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Health in Knowsley (Local Area – Physical/Socio-Economic Factors - Physical/Built Environment, Socio-Economic, Attitudes Experiences, Natural Population Change - Demographic Transition Model, Cultural Controls, Population Pyramids, Demographic Dividend, International Migration, Population Ecology, Population Ecology Key Terms, Ecological Footprint, Positive Feedback, Negative Feedback, Population Growth Theories - Malthus, Neo-Malthusians, Ester Boserup, Julian Simon, Health Impacts of Environmental Change - Ozone Depletion, Rising Temperatures, Agricultural Productivity, Food Production and Nutritional Standards, Prospects for Global Population, Change in Distribution, Conflicting Views, Consensus Views, Future Population-Environment Relationship, Climate Change, Destruction of Natural Habitats, Water Supplies, Soil Erosion, Meat Production, Population Change/Migration Case Study – Poland/UK, Impacts on Poland and Impacts of UK.