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IB DP Geography — Global Change — Population and economic development patterns, Changing populations and places
Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:
Britain needs immigrants if it is to survive the climate storm
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This is an ‘opinion piece’ — how might you approach the content differently knowing that?
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Which sources of clean energy are mentioned in the article?
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Explain the link between a falling fertility rate and the need for a ‘growth-orientated immigration strategy’
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“Collecting people is collecting power, too.” Discuss this statement and how it links to processes of population change and their effect on places
Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com