CASE STUDIES 1
Q. Which European city is known for its struggles with overtourism due to cruise ship arrivals, overcrowding, and strain on infrastructure?
What is Veince?
Q. What is the term for the maximum number of visitors a site can sustainably accommodate without causing environmental or social damage?
What is Carrying Capacity?
Q: These economies, like Brazil or India, are rapidly growing and are classified as being between low-income and high-income countries.
A: What are emerging economies?
Q: This is the term for the proportion of incoming solar radiation that is reflected back into space by surfaces like ice and snow.
A: What is albedo?
Q. This Indian megacity struggles with challenges like extreme overcrowding, inadequate infrastructure, and significant income inequality, while also being a major economic hub and a key port city.
What is Mumbai?
Q. Which previously underdeveloped area benefitted from significant urban regeneration as part of the Olympics, including new housing, transport links, and green spaces?.
What is Stratford?
Q. What type of tourism focuses on travel to natural areas, aiming to conserve the environment and improve the well-being of local people?
What is Ecotourism?
Q: The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime is called this.
A: What is the fertility rate?
Q: This international agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to below 2°C, with efforts to keep it below 1.5°C.
A: What is the Paris Agreement?
Q. This country has implemented an anti-natalist policy, aimed at limiting population growth where the one-child policy was enforced for decades to curb rapid population increase.
Q. Which country has experienced rapid tourism growth since 2010, driven by its natural attractions like glaciers, geysers, and volcanoes?
What are Iceland?
Q. What global trend has been fueled by the increase in disposable income, low-cost airlines, and the rise of social media influencers?
What is mass tourism?
Q: This demographic benefit occurs when a country experiences low dependency ratios and a large, youthful working-age population, boosting economic productivity.
A: What is the demographic dividend?
Q: Governments often encourage industries to offset their emissions by engaging in this system, which allows them to buy and sell carbon credits.
A: What is carbon trading?
Q. This country experienced a significant demographic dividend in the late 20th century, as a large working-age population fueled rapid economic growth, particularly in industries like technology and manufacturing.
What is South Korea?
Q. This landlocked country in Central Asia has seen significant internal migration, with many people moving from rural areas to the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, in search of better economic opportunities and to escape harsh climate conditions.
What is Mongolia?
Q. What is the name of the concept that refers to the time, income, and resources available for leisure, tourism, and sport?
What is the leisure hierarchy?
Q: This ratio, often used to measure the economic burden of the working-age population, compares the number of dependents (young and elderly) to the working-age population, with higher ratios indicating greater strain on social systems.
Q: This controversial approach involves using technology to deliberately manipulate the Earth's climate, for example by increasing cloud reflectivity.
A: What is geo-engineering?
Q. This region within a nation has seen significant displacement due to both environmental factors, like desertification and flooding, as well as ongoing conflict, leading many to migrate in search of safety and resources.
What is Borno, Nigeria?
Q. This ongoing crisis has displaced millions of people, with the majority seeking refuge in neighboring countries and Europe, as a result of a brutal civil war and its humanitarian consequences.
What is the Syrian refugee crisis?
Q. What is the term for the theory that describes how individuals’ participation in leisure, tourism, and sport is influenced by the stage of economic development in their country?
What is the Butlers Model?
Q: Countries like Japan or Germany, with shrinking populations, often implement this type of policy to encourage more births.
A: What are pro-natalist policies?
Q: This term describes the temporary reduction of solar radiation reaching the Earth, often following a volcanic eruption.
A: What is global dimming?
Q. These two countries face severe climate change impacts, but in different ways: one struggles with rising sea levels threatening its low-lying land, while the other faces existential threats from disappearing islands due to rising ocean levels.
Q. This East Asian country is experiencing a rapidly aging population, leading to labor shortages, increased healthcare costs, and changes in social policies to support its elderly population, including pension reform and encouragement of higher birth rates.
What is Japan?
Q.What is the term for tourism that focuses on visiting locations featured in films or television shows, often driven by media popularity?
What is Movie Tourism?
Q: This type of societal transition occurs when a country moves from high birth and death rates to lower rates, significantly changing its population structure.
A: What is demographic transition?
Q: These biological communities, defined by their climate and dominant vegetation, are shifting in spatial distribution due to changing temperatures and precipitation patterns.
A: What are biomes?
Q. In response to this global accord, Chile has made significant changes to its climate change laws, committing to reduce emissions and transitioning to renewable energy sources, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050.
What is the Paris Climate Change Agreement?