Case studies
Geography
IGCSE
, CONTENTS
Theme 1: Theme 2: Theme 3:
● Nigeria -overpopulation ● Haiti - earthquake ● Nike - NIC
● Australia-underpopulation ● Indonesia - volcano ● England-Arable farm
● Russia-population decline ● Germany and Czech ● Sudan-food shortage
● Niger-population growth - river flooding ● Pakistan-steel
● Singapore, China ● Mauritius - coastline industry
● Namibia-low population ● Ecuador - rainforest ● Iceland-energy source
density ● Sahara and Mali - a ● UAE-tourism is
● Japan-high population hot desert important
density ● Lesotho
● Qatar - international ● USA-fracking
migration
● Italy-old dependents
, Nigerian overpopulation
➔ Nigeria is a LEDC
➔ 175M population in 2013
➔ Occupies 3% of the land of Africa and 15% of
people
➔ +60% of population living on less than $1 a day
Benefits:
➔ Enough workforce
➔ Enough army force
West Africa Problems:
➔ Shortage of food and water
➔ Pollution
➔ Not enough housing
➔ Not enough schools and health care
➔ High crime rates
➔ Congested roads
➔ High disease level
Reasons:
➔ Vaccination
➔ Better health care
➔ No family planning
Traffic
, Australia - underpopulation
➔ 23.3M people in 2013
➔ 7.7M km^2 area
➔ 13th largest economy
Benefits:
➔ Not much pressure on jobs, health care and
education
➔ 5th highest per capita income
➔ Less pollution
➔ Enough water and food sources
Southern hemisphere in Oceana
Problems:
➔ Small workforce
➔ More taxes
➔ Ageing population
➔ Not full use of resources
➔ Can’t get a big army
➔ Lack of workforce
Reasons:
➔ Few people in large area
No buildings and people
Geography
IGCSE
, CONTENTS
Theme 1: Theme 2: Theme 3:
● Nigeria -overpopulation ● Haiti - earthquake ● Nike - NIC
● Australia-underpopulation ● Indonesia - volcano ● England-Arable farm
● Russia-population decline ● Germany and Czech ● Sudan-food shortage
● Niger-population growth - river flooding ● Pakistan-steel
● Singapore, China ● Mauritius - coastline industry
● Namibia-low population ● Ecuador - rainforest ● Iceland-energy source
density ● Sahara and Mali - a ● UAE-tourism is
● Japan-high population hot desert important
density ● Lesotho
● Qatar - international ● USA-fracking
migration
● Italy-old dependents
, Nigerian overpopulation
➔ Nigeria is a LEDC
➔ 175M population in 2013
➔ Occupies 3% of the land of Africa and 15% of
people
➔ +60% of population living on less than $1 a day
Benefits:
➔ Enough workforce
➔ Enough army force
West Africa Problems:
➔ Shortage of food and water
➔ Pollution
➔ Not enough housing
➔ Not enough schools and health care
➔ High crime rates
➔ Congested roads
➔ High disease level
Reasons:
➔ Vaccination
➔ Better health care
➔ No family planning
Traffic
, Australia - underpopulation
➔ 23.3M people in 2013
➔ 7.7M km^2 area
➔ 13th largest economy
Benefits:
➔ Not much pressure on jobs, health care and
education
➔ 5th highest per capita income
➔ Less pollution
➔ Enough water and food sources
Southern hemisphere in Oceana
Problems:
➔ Small workforce
➔ More taxes
➔ Ageing population
➔ Not full use of resources
➔ Can’t get a big army
➔ Lack of workforce
Reasons:
➔ Few people in large area
No buildings and people
