AS 91431 · 3 credits · Internal
Geographic issue
Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
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You need to pick a current geographic issue that's still being actively debated (like climate change, urban sprawl, or resource management) and explain it from multiple angles. Your job is to show how different people's values and beliefs shape their response to the problem, then propose a solution and defend why it's better than other options.
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- ·Explain what the geographic issue is and why it matters to people and places
- ·Show how different people's values and beliefs have shaped their different responses to the issue
- ·Propose a course of action (a solution) that could address the issue
- ·Justify your proposed solution by comparing it to at least one alternative and explaining why yours is better
- ·Back up your arguments with geographic evidence and reasoning
You explain the issue, show how values lead to different responses, propose a solution, and justify it against at least one alternative.
You provide detailed explanations of how people's contrasting values shape their responses, propose a solution with detailed justification that clearly shows why it's better than alternatives.