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Date November 2016 Marks available 15 Reference code 16N.3.hl.2
Level HL only Paper 3 Time zone
Command term Examine Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

Using examples, explain the growing need for environmental management at a global scale.

[10]
a.

Examine how different global flows are affected by the availability of information and communications technology (ICT) and transport.

[15]
b.

Markscheme

Likely examples of the need for management include topics/case studies of transboundary pollution, climate change, agribusiness and the environment, or oceanic pollution. For these themes, the explanation of need most likely will be linked with potential losses or “victims” (eg, harm to ocean life, homeless climate change refugees) either in particular local places or felt more universally (as a result of a global “failure” such as insufficient climate change mitigation). Other possibilities for exemplification include bio-conservation or resource management (eg, water or fossil fuels) linked with a sustainability agenda.

Good answers may also explain how the growing need is linked to population and/or economic/consumption growth in emerging/BRIC economies; or to global consumerism and the power of media and advertising. Good answers may also distinguish between regional problems (for neighbour countries) or truly global-scale concerns (climate change; biodiversity).

Do not over-credit recalled description of actual global governance actions (eg outcomes of the Kyoto, Paris, Montreal meetings, etc. This is not asked for by the question. The focus should be the growing need for management.

For band C (4-6 marks), expect a weakly-evidenced outline of one or two environmental issue(s). The need for management may be asserted.

For band D (7-8 marks), expect a structured, evidenced analysis of

For band E (9-10 marks), expect both band D traits.

[10 marks]

a.

Credit all content in line with the markbands. Credit unexpected approaches wherever relevant.

The question requires that multiple global flows are addressed and linked with the availability of different facilitating technologies. Possible themes from the geography guide include:

Good answers might examine how availability varies spatially: there are still barriers to the actual use of ICT and transport even where it is theoretically available (poverty, censorship, conflict, etc). Another approach might be to examine how some global flows depend on either ICT or transport; whereas others, such as migration and tourism, involve both (physical movements of people using transport, online bookings and electronic remittances using ICT).

For band C (5-8 marks), expect a weakly-evidenced outline of two or three relevant themes from the geography guide.

For band D (9-12 marks), expect

For band E (13-15 marks), expect both of these traits.

[15 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Last exams 2018 » Last exams 2018 - HL extension: Global interactions » Changing space—the shrinking world » Time–space convergence and the reduction in the friction of distance
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