Geography Soci 2

Notes Geography Soci 2

Clasified in Notes of Geography of Secondary.

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Farming:Is the way that people produce food by growing crops and raising animals.The things they need are called inputs(intensive farming(large inputs to achive higth outtputs),extensive farming(small inputs for large areas)),what happend processes(arable farming(is the ploughting of the land and growing crops)pastoral farming(the leaving of land under grass and the rearing of animals)market gardening(plants grow under controlled conditions)mixed farming(crops grow in the same place where animals reared) and what produce outputs(commercial(outputs are for sale)subsistence(for the farmer and his family).Quotas:A limit put on the quantity of goods produced or bought.Set-aside:Subsidy paid by famers if they take it out of production.Farming is changing because of:mechanisation,increase field side and farm side,organic farming,natural enviroments,use of chemical,farm diversification... Industry:Location factors:physical(close raw materials,energy supplies,natural routes,site and land)Human and economic(labour force,have capital,near markets,good transport,pleasant to the enviroment). Transnational corporations:Companies which by having factories and offices in several countries is global because operates across national boundaries.They have grown in size and influence,it has advantages(bring work,improve education, provide money,improve energy production...)and disadvantages(local labour poorly paid,profits go overseas,minerals exported...) Multiplayer effect: When the success of one industry leads to the growth of other industries. High-tech industry: Are industries that use high technology and advanced techniques to produce high value goods.Newly industrialised countries:Countries that have undergone rapid and succeful industrialisation since 1980s.Formal employment:Works that provide a regular income.Informal employment:Self employment work that is irregular and has a little or almost no .secure.

  Tourism has growth because people have greatter affluence,more leisure time,a greater mobility and accesibility,package holidays and advertisings. National parks:Are large area of attractive countryside were scenery and wildlife are protected,his main idea is de conservation and also to preserve the natural landscape and to provide a place for recreation. National parks authorities(provide information,manage traffic provide wardens,preserve landscape,controled new buildings,manage woodland..).The increase of the number of people visiting it cause overcrowding, damage to the enviroment and conflicts between users.Ecotourism:Is a sustainable form of tourism aimed at protectingthe enviroment and local cultures.
Resources:Any material or product that people find useful.Natural resources are physical features and human resources include the workforce,skilled labour...The demand of this resources is due to the increase of the population and the economic development. This have 2 problems,some resources will run out and enviroment will become more damaged.Nuclear:Little natural resource,nuclear waste is limitated,cleaner than fossil fuels.- Safety risk,health risk,accidental releases of radio active material. Hydro-electricity: Very clean, r ewable,reduce flooding - animal are forced to move,some areas may have been flooded.Wind turbines:Not pollution,renewable,not contributes to global warming - not blow all the time,visual impact,expensive,noisy,danger to bird .Resources can be conserved by recycling,reducing resource comsumption and increasing energy efficient.Fossil fuels:available,efficient - air pollution,damage the enviroment
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