1. LO: To evaluate the opportunities that exist of the fringe of hot deserts.

2. Opportunities: Location: The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
About: This desert is one North America’s largest, hottest and wettest desert.
-there is over 300mm of rain per year in some places.
It's very beautiful and contains a large diversity of flora and fauna.
The USA can respond differently to the opportunities of a hot desert than other poorer countries such as the Sahel.
The climate can be overcome by using air-conditioning in vehicles, houses, workplaces and shopping centres.
Water can be piped around for irrigating crops, to supply drinking water and for leisure activities, e.g. to fill swimming pools and water golf courses.
The clear, clean atmosphere and open spaces are an attraction to holiday makers
as well as long term migrants.
Recently, been have migrated to the desert for retirement migration, where people retire to newly built housing complexes with swimming pools and golf course

3. Explain how a hot desert in a rich part of the world can provide opportunities for development.

4. What about the negatives
What about the negatives? Are they the same as in the Sahel do you think?
Population Growth?
Over extraction?
Irrigation?

5. Centre Pivot irrigation.
What opportunities does this bring?

6. Exam Zone! A question may be
For a hot desert you have studied, to what extent does that environment provide opportunities for sustainable development?
Las Vegas city
Sun City
Boulder golf course
Lake Mead irrigation
They meet the Economic and Social but not really the environmental. Sun City perhaps could be environmental?
In pairs how would you plan out this answer?