DP Geography Questionbank
Degradation through raw material production
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Description
Identify the effects of agro‑industrialization and changes in international production and consumption on the physical environment.
Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for one raw material. Examine the concept of food miles and the environmental consequences of increasing volumes of air freight.
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.3.hl.3b:
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Discuss the economic and environmental consequences of more people choosing to buy locally produced food and goods rather than globalized products.
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