Geography for the IB Diploma. Global Interactions: Учебник за International Baccalaureate Diploma

This attractive, full-colour coursebook covers the seven sections of the Higher Level Extension syllabus in Geography for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. It is written by a highly experienced author and former head of Geography at a major IB school in the UK. The coursebook explores the theme of Global Interactions and contains: key questions outlining the main issues for each topic; case studies selected from every continent; activities and geographical skills guidance; discussion points and research ideas; integrated Theory of Knowledge links; examination-style questions; definitions of key terms and useful web links.

Учебната система Geography for the IB Diploma се състои от:

• учебник Global Interactions
• учебник Patterns and Change

Изброените компоненти от учебната система се продават поотделно. За да закупите някой от тях, последвайте съответния линк.

Introduction
Measuring global interactions

• Global participation
• Global core and periphery
• Case study - Business and financial services in the City of London
• Case study - Mongolia: part of the global periphery

Changing space - the shrinking world

• Time -space convergence and the reduction in the friction of distance
• Extension and density of networks

Economic interactions and flows

• Financial flows
• Labour flows
• Case study - San Agustin in Mexico and Poughkeepsie in the USA
• Information flows
• Case study - Bangalore

Environmental change

• Degradation through raw material production
• Case study - Agricultural and environmental change in the Pampas, Argentina
• The effects of transnational manufacturing and services
• Transboundary pollution
• Homogenisation of landscapes
• Case study - The city of Gurgaon, India

Sociocultural exchanges

• Cultural diffusion: the process
• Consumerism and culture
• Case study - McDonalds: transnational franchising
• Sociocultural integration
• Case study - The Xingu people of the Amazon Basin

Political outcomes

• Loss of sovereignty
• Responses
• Case study - Bolivia: managing the impact of globalisation

Global interactions at the local level

• Glocalisation and the adoption of globalisation
• Case study - Glocalisation in Singapore
• Local responses to globalisation
• Case study - The rapid rise of halal business
• Alternatives

Index
Acknowledgements