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1 Oct 2020: Activity - Was Malthus right? In one sense, it is hard to deny that a high population could place a heavy demand on food. and other resources, so Malthus’ warning about overpopulation should not be dismissed. However, lots of scholars have found

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Tragedy of the Commons. The resources on overpopulation helped you to consider the strain placed on resources by a. growing population. Garrett Hardin used some Malthusian-style principles to put forward his. theory of the ‘Tragedy of

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Drama of the Commons. While Hardin’s theory of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ is still widely talked about in. Geography, scholars have demonstrated that it contains several flaws. One of the most. famous scholars to criticise Hardin

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Case Study - Madagascar. Madagascar has incredibly high biodiversity, and the number of species discovered on the. island is still rising. The link below is to an article in The Guardian newspaper which describes the continued.

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Links between geographical knowledge and conservation science. This section assumes that you already know something about what has been described as. the current “biodiversity crisis”. If you haven’t read or heard very much about

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Taking it further. Here are few more things for you to think about if this topic has interested you, and some. more resources for you to use. Biodiversity Hotspots are important in identifying areas where conservation efforts should be.

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and the Geographical Imagination Geography is sometimes described as earth description. But the political geographers Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey have noted that geography is less about describing the earth as if seen through a

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Power. We have seen how maps help us make sense of the world. We should reflect on the. importance of deciding to map something. But we must also consider how such maps were. and are produced. What became known as the Great

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Policy. Maps that show clear trends can be very useful for policy makers. It is quite common to see maps of economic and social indicators. The publication of the 2011 census, for example, was accompanied by a variety of maps (e

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Technology. Following on from our discussion of policy, let’s consider the use of technology in helping to. communicate geographical patterns to different audiences. There is no doubt that. technology has changed how we view