CASE+STUDIES

MODIS imagery from NASA showing a clear view of the southern Western Ghats as well as fires across the Indian peninsula in January 31st 2003 ([|Link]).
 * [[image:Indian_(south)_Peninsula_Fires_(NASA)_(2003_07).jpg width="800" align="center"]]

The purpose of this page of information is to bild up a series of links and resources for use as case studies in the DP SL/HL Geography course. This is an ongoing endeavor as I work to find more links and resources online. The links are organized around broad thmemes found in both Geography and Environmental Systems and Socities.


 * BIODIVERSITY & ECOLOGY **
 * Lessons from the world's longest study of rainforest fragments
 * NASA. "The Carbon Cycle." 2011. Web.

**ECOLOGY, RESTORATION & SUCCESSION**
 * Funk, McKenzie. “Mountain Transformed: Thirty years after the blast, Mount St. Helens is reborn again.” // National Geographic. // May 2010. Print & [|Web]. 19 March 2013.
 * McMillan, Stuart. // Type III: What does the Mount St. Helens ecosystem have in common with the human industrial system // ? [|Web]. 19 March 2013.
 * "Where the Wild Things are in Yellowstone Park." //Arc News//. Winter 2011-12. Print & Web.

**ECONOMIC INTERACTION & FLOWS**
 * United Nations Trade & Development Report
 * UNCTAD //Trade and Development Report 2009//
 * //UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2012//
 * ////UNCTAD//// //Trade and Development Report 2013//

**ENERGY**
 * //**A Crude Awakening- the Oil Crash.**// Film from 2006 looking at the world's addiciton to oil. Official website and Youtube.
 * Duffield, Caroline. "Nigeria:World Oil Polluition Capital." //BBC News//. 15 June 2010. Web. 15 March 2013.
 * Miller, Peter. "Saving Energy: It Starts At Home." //National Geographi//c. March 2009. Print & Web. 18 March 2013.
 * O'Neil, Tom. "Nigeria: Curse of the Black Gold." //National Geographic//. Feburary 2007.Print & Web. 15 March 2013.
 * USA AID. South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration: Sri Lanka Energy Profile. Web. 1 November 2013.


 * FOOD RESOURCES **
 * Bourne, Joel Jr.“The Global Food Crisis: The End of Plenty.” //National Geographic//. June 2009. Print & [|Web].
 * Stix, Gary. “A Question of Sustenance.” //Scientific American//. September 2007. 54-58. Print & Web.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">MIGRATION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dai, Tony Gareth Davey and Louise Higgins. "Rural-urban migration in China." //Geography Review//. May 2006.Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Fahim, Kareem. "Immigrant maids flee lives of abuse in Kuwait." //New York Times//. 1 August 2010. Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Migration Globalization & Poverty. A useful portal of case studies from the Development Research Center at Susses University.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Migration Information Source. Another useful portal for news articles and case studies about Migration.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Migration, Remittances and Diaspora." Topics in Development. //The World Bank//. Web Portal. 21 November 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Parfit, Michael. "The Millennium Series: Human Migration." //National Geographic Magazine//. October 1998. [|Web] & Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**PeopleMoveIn:** An interactive site showing the movement of people across the planet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tanner, Arno. "Finland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and Immigrant Integration." //Migration Information Source//. Web. 01 Nov. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT **
 * "7 Billion." //National Geographic//. 31 October 2011. Web Video. 5 November 2011.
 * "7 Billion People and Counting: In-Depth Reports." //Scientific American//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.
 * "Bangladesh & Development: The Path Through The Fields." //The Economist//. 3 November 2012. Web. 12 March 2013.
 * Belt, Don. "Bangladesh: The Coming Storm." //National Geographic// magazine. March 2011. 60-85. Print & Web.
 * Cohen, Joel. "Human Population Grows Up." //Scientific American//.September 2005. Print & Web.
 * Gallagher, Mike. "BBC News - Population Control: Is It a Tool of the Rich?" //BBC - Homepage//. Web. 30 Oct. 2011.
 * Gorney, Cynthia. "Brazil's Girl Power." //National Geographic// magazine. September 2011. Print & Web.
 * Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Enter the Anthropocene- the age of Man." //National Geographic// magazine. March 2011. 60-85. Print & [|Web.]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">LaFraniere, Sharon. “As China Ages, Birth Rate Policy May Prove Difficult to Reverse.” //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">New York Times //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">. 6, April 2011. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Web <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">.
 * Kunzig, Robert. "Population 7 Billion." //National Geographic// magazine. January 2011.Print & Web.
 * Sullivan, Colin. "Cities Will Feel Brunt as Global Population Passes 7 Billion: //Scientific American//." //Scientific American//. Web . 21 Oct. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SINHARAJA **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kotagama, Sarath and Eben Goodale. “The composition and spatial organisation of mixed species flocks in a Sri Lankan rainforest.” //Forktail.// 2004. 63-70. [|Web] & Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TOURISM AS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Maldives:** For the last 40 years the Maldives has targeted tourism as a key industry to promote economic growth. It offers a fascinating case study for students looking to understand the idea that tourism can uplift countires out of poverty.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ministry of Toursim, Arts & Culture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Sri Lanka:** Sri Lanka has and is using the tourism sector of its economy as a development strategy. Several government documents track trends in tourism numbers and the official approach of the government to this important service sector that has been enabled by the globalized world. The neighboring islands of the Maldives are also an excellent example of governments targeting tourism to raise revenue and encourage development.
 * Gunawardhana, Medha et al. "Are we losing tourism in Hikkaduwa?" //Daily News//. 15 January 2008. Web.
 * Tantrigama, Gunatilake. Coastal management and sustainability of tourism: A comparative study of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka and Goa, India. 2009? Web.
 * "The 31 Places to go in 2010: Sri Lanka." //New York Times//. 7 January 2010. Web.
 * Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.
 * Tourism Statistics (from the Sri Lanka Department of Statistics)
 * Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lankan Tourism (2012)
 * Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lankan Tourism (2011)
 * Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lankan Tourism (2010)
 * Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lankan Tourism (2009)
 * Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lankan Tourism (2008)
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">World etc. **
 * United Nations World Tourism Organization
 * Annual Report 2010.
 * United Nations World Tourism Organization
 * Annual Report 2010.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TRADE, AID & DEBT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bek, David and Tony Binns. "Putting ethics on the table: Part 1 Consumption." Geography Review. November 2007. Print & Web. (see PDF)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bek, David and Tony Binns. "Putting ethics on the table: Part 2 Production." Geography Review. February 2008. Print & Web. (see PDF)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chambers, Andrew. "Not so fair trade." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Guardian //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">. 19 December 2009. Web. 11 March 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ghosh, Jayati. "India Will Shed Few Tears over the End of UK Aid." //The Guardian//. 07 June 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Trenchard, Tommy "Sierra Leone's Farmers Enjoy Fruit of Market Reforms." The Guardian. 02 Dec. 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">URBAN ENVIRONMENTS **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ahmed, Bayes. "Landcover Change Prediction of Dhaka City.: //Geospatial World//. 2011. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">BBC. //The Changing Face of London: The London Docklands//.Online VIDEO.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bergen, Mark. "India's Trickiest Urban Planning Obstacle? Gandhi's Legacy." //Atlantic Monthly//. 15 August 2015. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Liu, Coco. “China's City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland.” //Scientific American//. September 28, 2011. [|Web] & Print.
 * World Bank. “Historical Assessment of Spatial Growth of the Metropolitan Areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Dhaka.” //Earth Observation for Development//. Web. 22 October 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WATER **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kalair, Nasrullah. "Water Conflicts and Hydroelectrcity in South Asia: The Indus Water Treaty." Global Research.Ca Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Mekong River: Case Study in Water Managment.** Mekong Citizen. (see movies attached to site).


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WESTERN GHATS AS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot Ecosystem Profile