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Question: Why has concern about the scarcity of timber resources faded?

Answer: Timber production is, in theory, infinitely sustainable product and only requires soil nutrients, air, water and solar insolation to grow. However, the sustainability of timber production is dependent on two main factors, supply and demand. The industry is only sustainable as long as demand does not exceed sustainable supply. These two factors are dependent on many other complex factors, such ......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Proposal: A project to support community forestry committees in Scotland, funded by the Forestry Commission.

Answer: Scotland is home to a number of community managed forests; the Laggan Forest Initiative (FI) and Abriachan Forest Trust (FT). Developed in the 1990’s they both incorporated a blueprint approach, that is planned from the beginning and a political, process approach. However, Abriachan FT was clearly more political process in approach and Laggan FI more blueprint. Abriachan engaged in public ac......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: ‘Geography is a discipline in which there is nothing but fragmentation around a defended core’ (Johnston, 1998, 139).

Drawing on a range of sources, discuss what might be the ‘core’ of modern geography and comment upon the forces that are contributing to, or working against, intellectual fragmentation.

Answer: R. J. Johnston’s article ‘Fragmentation around a Defended Core’ (1998) is a convincing contention of the belief that geography is a fragmented discipline. By fragmented, Johnston refers to the divide of geography into different specialist sections; this does not only occur in geography, all scholastic disciplines are fragmented to varying degrees (Johnston, 139). Johnston’s main arguments ......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: With reference to ‘children’s independent mobility’, discuss the extent to which recently published research in children’s geography is ethically and methodologically robust.

Answer: The study of children in geography was until fairly recently a neglected area of research (Holloway and Valentine, 2000). The growing interest in this area has led to an increased awareness of ethically and methodologically acceptable practices/standards. This essay will identify some of the ethical and methodological considerations, which should be taken into account when working with children. ......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: To what extent do physical and human geography share an intellectual history?

Answers should incorporate specific examples of geographical research to illustrate conceptual change in the discipline.

Answer: All geographical research is guided by a set of philosophical beliefs, influencing or motivating the selection of topics for study. There has been and always will be differences in opinion in what or how geography is to be studied and where divides lie. This essay aims to look at the intellectual history of physical and human geography with reference to ideology, epistemology, ontology and methodo......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Explore the emergence of environmental debates in development theory over the last fifty years.

Answer: This essay looks at the background leading up to, and reasons for, the emergence of environmental debates in development theory over the last fifty years. It will illustrate the issues and discourses present in environmental debates, with specific reference to examples from both ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Highlighting how environmentalism has challenged modern development theo......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Explore the meaning of ‘sustainable development’ in the Southeast Asian context. Can one make a case for a distinctively Southeast Asian definition of this concept?

Answer: The concept of ‘sustainable development’ has become an area of intense debate and extensive discourse since its inclusion in the report ‘Our Common Future’, a document prepared by the World Commission on Environment and Development which espoused a form of development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Outline Zygmunt Bauman’s key ideas and discuss their potential or actual value to geographers.

Answer: “Zygmunt Bauman is one of the great intellectuals of our time. He re-formulates old problems and helps us to form completely new perspectives” (The University of Oslo website) The above quote is taken from a brief speech made by the Dean of the University of Oslo to introduce the visiting Zygmunt Bauman in 1997. It clearly illustrates that Bauman is a much respected and valued writer, and ......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: ‘Processes associated with globalisation including international migration, are undermining national citizenship.’ Discuss.

Answer: It is clear that we now live in a time where the nation-state is no longer the undisputed highest form of governance. Whilst states are still important actors, as most commentators would agree, it is also accepted that there are now others who significantly affect power, in some cases over and above that of some states.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: What is assimilation and does it have a spatial dimension?

Answer: The centrality of assimilation for the scientific understanding of immigration, ethnic segregation, and urban residential land use patterns is traceable to the Chicago School of the early twentieth century and especially to the work of Robert. E. Park, W.I Thomas and E.W. Burgess. In 1921 Park and Burgess provided an early definition of assimilation: ‘A process of interpenetration and fusion......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

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