People and Economic Activity
The topic of people and economic activity investigates the relationship between economic activity and the physical and human environment. The topic demonstrates that all economic activity is ultimately situated within a geographic context.
Any economic activity can be use to investigate this topic, however, aquaculture has been selected for this website.
Any economic activity can be use to investigate this topic, however, aquaculture has been selected for this website.
Syllabus Headings
The syllabus requires a case study economic activity and a local enterprise. For this website, Aquaculture has been used as the global economic activity and an Oyster Farm on the Hawkesbury River has been used for the local enterprise.
Global Economic Activity (Aquaculture).
– ecological: sustainability and resource use
– economic: competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labour and capital
– sociocultural: tradition, changing lifestyles, labour participation rates
– organisational: ownership, decision making and control
– technological: transportation, information transmission and flows, biotechnology
– political: quotas, tariffs, compacts, agreements
Local Economic Enterprise case study (Bruce Alford's Oysters)
– locational factors
– ecological dimensions including environmental constraints, climate, and human impacts on the environment such as pollution
and ecological sustainability
– internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas
– effects of global changes in the economic activity on the enterprise.
Global Economic Activity (Aquaculture).
- A description of the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of aquaculture in a global context.
- Factors explaining the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of aquaculture such as
– ecological: sustainability and resource use
– economic: competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labour and capital
– sociocultural: tradition, changing lifestyles, labour participation rates
– organisational: ownership, decision making and control
– technological: transportation, information transmission and flows, biotechnology
– political: quotas, tariffs, compacts, agreements
- The environmental, social and economic impacts of aquaculture such as pollution, resource depletion, labour exploitation, cultural integration, provision of infrastructure, job creation, transfer pricing.
Local Economic Enterprise case study (Bruce Alford's Oysters)
- A geographical study of an economic enterprise operating at a local scale.
– locational factors
– ecological dimensions including environmental constraints, climate, and human impacts on the environment such as pollution
and ecological sustainability
– internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas
– effects of global changes in the economic activity on the enterprise.
Practice Extended Response Practice Questions
- "Explain the spatial patterns and possible future directions of an economic activity you have studied."
- "Account for the location of an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale, and describe the ecological dimensions related to this enterprise."
- "Assess the environmental, social and economic impact of one economic activity in a global context."
- "Analyse the linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas related to an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale."