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## June 2015 - GEO 212 ### Please Note Answer **FOUR** questions only. ### QUESTION 1 1. Globalisation. A myth or reality? Provide a brief review. 2. Give a brief description of Sustainable Development. 3. Provide a definition of Contemporary Economic Geography. In your answer, state how this disc...

## June 2015 - GEO 212 ### Please Note Answer **FOUR** questions only. ### QUESTION 1 1. Globalisation. A myth or reality? Provide a brief review. 2. Give a brief description of Sustainable Development. 3. Provide a definition of Contemporary Economic Geography. In your answer, state how this discipline is fundamentally different from the field of Economics. ### QUESTION 2 1. Critically discuss the two measures most commonly used to evaluate a country's level of wealth. 2. With regard to the geography of resource and wealth, explain how downstream activities, and conceptual value added plays a role in profit margins on resources. ### QUESTION 3 1. Give a brief description of the following three types of economies, providing examples in your description of each: Subsistence, Commercial and Planned economies. 2. Provide a brief commentary on the Renewable/Non-Renewable dichotomy of Resources. ### QUESTION 4 1. Briefly outline the fundamental differences between the views of the traditional locational theorists as opposed to the modelling economic geographers. 2. Differentiate between the THREE Service sectors of the Economy. ### QUESTION 5 1. Tabulate some the challenges facing the Agricultural Sector today. 2. What are the difficulties in comparing economies globally? In your answer be sure to include the term Purchasing Power Parity. ### QUESTION 6 Describe the contrast between the Fordist versus the post-Fordist corporate structure in the Manufacturing Industry. Total Marks (80)