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People and Economic Activity

Nature, Spatial Patterns and Future Directions
Factors Explaining AQUACULTURE
The IMPACTS OF AQUACULTURE
A Local ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE

People and Economic Activity

The topic of people and economic activity investigates the relationship between economic activity and the physical and human environment. The topic demonstrates that all economic activity is ultimately situated within a geographic context. 

Any economic activity can be use to investigate this topic, however, aquaculture has been selected for this website. 

Syllabus Headings

The syllabus requires a case study economic activity and a local enterprise. For this website, Aquaculture has been used as the global economic activity and an Oyster Farm on the Hawkesbury River has been used for the local enterprise. 

Global Economic Activity (Aquaculture).

  • A description of the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of aquaculture in a global context.
  • Factors explaining the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of aquaculture such as 
           – biophysical: climate, soils, topography, site 
           – ecological: sustainability and resource use 
           – economic: competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labour and capital 
           – sociocultural: tradition, changing lifestyles, labour participation rates 
           – organisational: ownership, decision making and control 
           – technological: transportation, information transmission and flows, biotechnology 
           – political: quotas, tariffs, compacts, agreements 
  • The environmental, social and economic impacts of aquaculture such as pollution, resource depletion, labour exploitation, cultural integration, provision of infrastructure, job creation, transfer pricing. 

Local Economic Enterprise case study (Bruce Alford's Oysters)
  • A geographical study of an economic enterprise operating at a local scale. 
           – the nature of the economic enterprise 
           – locational factors 
           – ecological dimensions including environmental constraints, climate, and human impacts on the environment such as pollution
              and ecological sustainability 
           – internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas 
           ​– effects of global changes in the economic activity on the enterprise. 
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Practice Extended Response Practice Questions

  1. "Explain the spatial patterns and possible future directions of an economic activity you have studied."
  2. "Account for the location of an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale, and describe the ecological dimensions related to this enterprise."
  3. "Assess the environmental, social and economic impact of one economic activity in a global context."
  4. "Analyse the linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas related to an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale."
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  • Home
    • Preliminary Geography >
      • Biophysical Interactions
      • Senior Geography Project
      • Global Challenges >
        • Population Geography
    • HSC Geography >
      • Ecosystems at Risk >
        • Kosciuszko Alpine Ecosystem
        • Great Barrier Reef
      • People and Economic Activity
      • Urban Places
    • IB Geography >
      • IB Core Topics >
        • Changing Populations
        • Global climate
        • Resources
      • Optional Themes >
        • Oceans and their coastal margins
        • Extreme environments
        • Leisure, sport and tourism
        • Food and health
        • Urban Environments >
          • The variety or urban environments
          • Changing Urban Systems
          • Urban Environmental Stresses
          • Sustainable Urban Systems
      • HL Extension Topics >
        • Power, places and networks
        • Human development and diversity
  • Links
    • Geo Researching Skills
    • HSC Geo Skills
    • SGP/Internal Assessment Projects
  • News
    • National Geo Comp
    • GTA NSW/ACT Fieldwork Awards
  • Contact
    • Latitude Geography authors