| Date | Marks available | 3 | Reference code | .1.bp.4 | |
| Level | SL and HL | Paper | 1 | Time zone | |
| Command term | Describe | Question number | 4 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Define ecological footprint.
Describe what is meant by a neo-Malthusian view.
Explain three benefits of a strategy designed to reduce resource consumption.
Markscheme
This can be broadly defined as the theoretical measurement of the amount of land and water a population requires to produce the resources it consumes [1 mark] (and to absorb its waste) under prevailing technology [1 mark].
The response should describe population growth outstripping resource availability [1 mark], and thus limiting economic development [1 mark].
Award 1 mark for any other valid point, development, such as reference to the Club of Rome and the Limits to Growth model, or an example of a country experiencing extreme population pressures. If only Malthus’s original theory (relating population to food) is described, no more than 1 mark should be awarded.
Three distinct and clearly defined benefits of a strategy are required [3×2 marks]. These could be environmental, social or economic, or any combination of them, and would have to be explained, not just described, to obtain the full marks.
