The document discusses various topics related to renewable and non-renewable resources including wind farms, consumption patterns in developing and developed countries, pollution, rural degradation through soil erosion, and urban degradation. It provides questions and prompts for examining issues around different energy sources, their environmental impacts, and strategies for sustainable management of resources.

2. Renewable and Non-renewable

4. Nuclear /other resources 1. (a) Explain which type of energy production you consider to have (i) the least, and (ii) the greatest, environmental impact. [10] (b) Choose one scheme which exists to supply energy. Explain the attitudes of different groups of people to the scheme and any disagreements or conflicts of interest which have occurred. [15] (a) Outline some of the arguments for and against hydro-electric power (HEP) as a source of energy. [10] (b) With reference to one country, in what ways could its energy strategy be said to have failed? [15] Outline the main arguments for nuclear power. Explain some of the issues in the production of electrical energy in one country you have studied. To what extent can the production of electrical energy there be considered sustainable?

5. Rural degradation 2. (i) Give the meaning of the term soil erosion and explain why soil erosion concerns farmers. [5] (ii) Using examples, describe and explain how soil erosion may be minimised in either arable farming or pastoral farming. [5] (b) Assess the importance of the government’s role in bringing agricultural change to one country you have studied. [15] With the help of examples, explain how three different factors may contribute to the degradation of rural environments.

6. Pollution