1. What’s the story?

2. Core Unit 4- Global Patterns in Resource Consumption

3. Part 1- Patterns of Resource Consumption
Spec:
Evaluate the ecological footprint as a measure of the relationship between population size and resource consumption. Identify international variations in its size.
Discuss the two opposing views (neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian) of the relationship between population size and resource consumption.

4. ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT KEY DEFINITIONS: see spec… Ecological Footprint
Bio-capacity
Resources
Carrying Capacity

6. Why might the biocapacity of a nation decrease?
Why might the ecological footprint of a nation increase?

7. What’s your footprint? Surprised ? Guilty?
Surprised ? Guilty?
How do you compare to rest of the world and the world’s carrying capacity?
What are the global patterns (temporally and spatially)

8. Over to you. Is ecofoot any good?
Criticisms..

9. Ecological Footprint gives an accurate indication of the link between population size and resource consumption. Evaluate this view. (10) H/W - Ecofoot homework