located where pearl river meets sea in Guangdong province. river opens out into a vast inlet of sea forming a superb natural harbour — good for trade and industry as imports/exports can move freely. Shenzhen is leading container port, not far from Hong Kong. growth...
Visible and invisible imports and exports visible: actual goods that are sold to other nations, e.g. agricultural goods, extracted minerals, coal, oil and manufactured goods invisible: services that are sold to their nations. e.g. banking and financial services,...
Nature and problems of debt at the national scale national deficit occurs when governments annual spending exceeds income it generates through taxes and other means. national debt is accumulation of years deficits. problem for governments with debts is that interest...
UN world tourism organisation (UNWTO) is responsible for promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. membership includes 156 countries. Responsibilities… promoting tourism as a driver of economic growth ensuring environmental...
Renewable and non-renewable energy resources resource: any part of environment that can be used to meet human needs. energy resource: something that can be used to provide people with heat light and power. Why do we need energy? UK 2010: transport 34%, domestic...
Case study: one country’s overall electricity energy strategy: Norway rich HIC in north Europe. annual total energy consumption is very high at 6.2 tons of oil equivalent per person, highest in world (EU average of 3.8 tonnes). high because it’s a rich country with...
Pollution of the land, air and water Pollution: introduction of substances (or light/noise) into the natural environment that cause adverse change and which damage the natural environment, introduced naturally or by humans. point source: occurs when pollutant is...