Class Notes for ATS1309 at Monash University

New International Division of Labour Differs from 19 century International Division of Labour Emerged from the 1960s onwards when European, North America and Japanese Transnational Corporations created...

LECTURE 11 GEOGRAPHIES OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION Production: the process of creating and supplying goods and services to a market - Create jobs, investment in buildings, retail sales sustains populations and cities ...

LECTURE 6: URBANISATION AND URBAN GROWTH World urban population: a rising majority 50% of world population now lives in cities Global challenge urban growth in poorer countries is leading the charge towards...

1. Re-urbanisation return to the city of growth, investment and population i.e. centralisation tendencies Defined as: the return to the inner city of population, investment, wealth and development ...

- ecosystem services: the idea that people benefit from what ecosystems provide (e.g. food, water, air, pollination of plants, water purification) o seen in this way, ecosystem services can be valued as an...

LECTURE 2: CONTEMPORARY POPULATION MIGRATION DYNAMICS Population Boom - After industrial revolution 1800s population incline (fewer dying young) - Population expected to grow BUT in reality, growth rate is decreasing COMP...

LECTURE 3: POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT View slides Lecture 2 Summary Two components to demographic change: migration natural increase Their impact on overall population patterns is highly distinctive depending on...

LECTURE 7 RESOURCE CONSUMPTION Objects become resources when humans attach value to them (e.g. flint for weaponstools, oil for energy) socially constructed Technological change both creates and destroys resource value e.g....

LECTURE 1: THE GEOGRAPHY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS WHY DOES POPULATION GEOGRAPHY MATTER? - Changing relationship with environment - Sustainability of our planet - Species as a whole - Ecological footprint - Food security - Land...

LECTURE 8: MASS CONSUMPTION AND WASTE 1. Malthusianism Population growth will ultimately outstrip resources future doomed to scarcity Species extinction caused by human race Waste no way to cope with 2. Cornucopia The worl...

LECTURE 4: CITIES IN THE 21 STCENTURY How do we define a city? - Population sizedensity - Economic: cities as non-agricultural places - Functional centrality in a region: places that offer functions to an entire region - S...

10: THE INFORMAL ECONOMY Consist of economic activity and employment that exists outside and beyond formal structures, rules and regulations E.g. unregistered enterprises with several employees and no license to operate in...

This Guide provides an easy to follow summary of all basic principles that are the foundation to Statistics and Probabilities. Using a combination of charts and sample equations, the key concepts are developed and the esse...