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        • 1. Measuring Food & Health
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        • 1. The variety of urban environments
        • 2. Changing urban systems
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        • 1. Global interactions and global power
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  • Home
    • IB Geography Intro
    • Assessment Outline >
      • Mark Bands
      • Command Terms
    • Concepts in IB Geography
  • IB Geo Units
    • The Core >
      • 1. Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing population & places
        • 3. Challenges & opportunities
      • 2. Global Climate Change >
        • 1. Causes of climate change
        • 2. Consequences of climate change
        • 3. Responding to climate change
      • 3. Global Resource Consumption >
        • 1. Global trends in consumption
        • 2. The Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3. Resource stewardship
      • Infographic Analysis
    • Options >
      • B. Oceans & Coastal Margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Oceans & Coastal Places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical Hazard Risks
        • 3. Hazard Risk and Vulnerability
        • 4. Future Resilience and Adaptation
      • E. Leisure, Tourism & Sport >
        • 1. Changing leisure patterns
        • 2. Tourism and sport at the local and national scale
        • 3. Tourism & sport at the international scale
        • 4. Managing tourism and sport for the future
      • F. Food & Health >
        • 1. Measuring Food & Health
        • 2. Food Systems & Spread of Disease
        • 3. Stakeholders in Food & Health
        • 4. Future Health & Food Secuirty
      • G. Urban Environments >
        • 1. The variety of urban environments
        • 2. Changing urban systems
        • 3. Urban stresses
        • 4. Sustainable Cities
    • Global Interactions >
      • 4. Power, Place and Networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
        • 2. Global networks and flows
        • 3. Human and physical influences on global interactions
      • 5. Human development and diversity >
        • 1. Development opportunities
        • 2. Changing identities and cultures
        • 3. Local responses to global interactions
      • 6. Global risks and resilience >
        • 1. Geopolitical and economic risks
        • 2. Environmental risks
        • 3. Local and global resilience
    • Case Studies
    • Internal Assessment >
      • Ko Samet Introduction
      • Butlers Model
      • Fieldwork Prep
      • Report Prep Resources
    • Geographic Skills >
      • GPS - Geographic Proficiency Skills
      • Map Skills
      • Written Skills
      • Analytical Skills
      • Field Work Skills
    • Revision
  • MYP I&S
    • Y9 I&S >
      • Unit 1: Sustainable Futures >
        • 1. Introducing Sustainability
        • 2. Visioning Our Future
        • 3. Creating Sustainable Futures
      • Unit 2: Money Matters
      • Unit 3: Conflict
      • Y9 Current Events
    • Y10 I&S >
      • Castaway - Intro Activity
      • Unit 1: Oceans - The Big Blue
      • Unit 2: It's All Connected
      • Unit 3: Social Enterprises
      • Unit 4: Catalysts for Change
      • Unit 5: IDU - Expressions for Change
      • UN SDGs
      • Current Events
  • Geo@NIST
    • Support Resources
    • Extended Essay
    • Geo Inspiration
    • Why Geography?
  • Contact

3. Local responses to global interactions

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Syllabus Link: The varying power of local places and actors to resist or accept                                                                         change

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Local and civil society resistance to global interactions:

Rejection of globalized production, including campaigns against TNCs and in favour of local sourcing of food and goods by citizens

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   Summary Table: Globalized vs local production
   Article: The battle to keep French isle McDonalds free

Rise of anti-immigration movements

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   Article: Europe and nationalism - A country by country guide
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   Reading: Anti migration - Migration meltdown reading
   Reading: Hostile environment
- The UKs draconian immigration policy
   Article: UKIPs anti-immigration poster called unethical

Geopolitical constraints on global interactions:

Government and militia controls on personal freedoms to participate in global interactions 

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   Notes: China's Internet Censorship
   Webpage: China internet freedom score
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   Article: Censorship in China is well spread and sometimes strange
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   Article: Al Shabab blocks internet in areas it controls

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National trade restrictions, including protectionism and resource nationalism

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   Activity: Trade protectionism
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   Reading: 'America First' trade policy
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   Activity: Resource nationalism notes

   Article: Bolivia nationalizes unit of Spanish power company
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   Article: In Bolivia untapped bounty meets nationalism

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The role of civil society in promoting international-mindedness and participating in global interactions, including social media use and campaigning for internet freedom

Two detailed examples of places where restricted freedoms have been challenged

Thailand

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   Article: Critics fear threat of new Thai cyber laws
   Article: A real source of hope
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  Article: Gun at your throat - Rap song tests freedom of speech

Social Media and Conflict

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