Geography – studying place & people

• Is it Good or Bad:– Human Modification– Preservation – Natural Disasters

• NGOs and the Gov’t fix environmental problems

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Human Modification – good or bad?

Human Modification – good or bad?

Human Modification – good or bad?

Human Modification – good or bad?

PreservationGood• Recycling prevents pollution

Bad• Recycling causes pollution

PreservationGood• Recycling prevents pollution

Bad• Recycling causes pollution

PreservationGood• Protect forests and land

Bad• Less places to build• Less homes, businesses, etc.• Supply goes down• Price goes up

PreservationGood• Clean air and water

Bad• Not using fossil fuels

– Can’t travel– More expensive to travel– More expensive to produce

• Price goes up

Natural Disaster – Destruction caused by nature

• BAD– Kills people– Displaces people– Destroys the economy (business, factories, roads, etc)

– Destroys farm land

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Tsunami (2004)

• Tidal Wave in the Indian ocean• Indonesia = worst affected• NGOs help fix countries

Tsunami (2004)

• A great deal of humanitarian aid (NGOs) was needed because of widespread damage of the infrastructure, shortages of food and water, and economic damage. Epidemics were of special concern due to the high population density and tropical climate of the affected areas. The main concern of humanitarian and government agencies was to provide sanitation facilities and fresh drinking water to contain the spread of diseases such as cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis A and B.

• In the days following the tsunami, significant effort was spent in burying bodies hurriedly for fear of disease. However, the public health risks may have been exaggerated, and therefore this may not have been the best way to allocate resources. The World Food Program provided food aid to more than 1.3 million people affected by the tsunami.

NGOs that helped after the Tsunami

Natural Disasters

• Good– Kills people = Stops overpopulation– Floods replenish the soil with nutrients– Tornados knock down dead trees = decompose

and help the soil

Natural Disasters

• Good– Kills people = Stops

overpopulation– Floods replenish the soil

with nutrients– Tornados knock down

dead trees = decompose and help the soil

• Teaches humans a lesson• Opportunity to rebuild

smarter• Add land• Waters land