Changing+Space+-+The+Shrinking+World

=Changing Space - The Shrinking World= (with thanks to Greenfields Geography, Geography Pods, Geography all the way) an excellent website [|site looking at representations of transport and communications]
 * 12 Hours ||  || Resources || Tasks ||
 * time/space convergence and the reduction in the friction of distance || a- Explain how a reduction in the friction of distance results in time/space convergence.

READ THIS - [|OR ELSE!] || media type="file" key="speed of travel increasing for email.wmv" width="51" height="51" Page 322-323 Nagle and Cooke

[|Interactive map showing times to locations in the world]

[|Transportation today FACT sheet] || Discussion of the 'shrinking world'. Relate to the movie (left) Is it beneficial? Is it equal? explanations.

Hwk task- Create a simple timeline of historical transport. Use the link below. Indicate speeds plus when and where developments took place. [|History of Transport] || ||  ||
 * || [[image:worldmap-timetocity.jpg width="99" height="53"]] || Powerpoint for sections a and b.
 * || b- Examine the relative changes in the speed and capacity of two types of transport (air, ocean, road, rail, pipeline) responsible for flows of goods, materials and people.

Ocean Transport. || [|BBC article on London Port] [|BBC article on global slump in shipping] [|Historical shipping routes] || Review the information from the class notes, on the BBC 'The Box' **and** the Video 'How Containerisation changed the modern world. (see Mr B for video). Read these articles.

Essay Q. Examine how shipping and containerisation have increased the travel speeds and capacity for goods in the modern world? || || [|High frequency routes] [|-Detailed look at the technology behind Aviation development]
 * || Air Transport.

Explore and Read this website carefully. It is a very useful tool. [|The Geography of Air Transport] || Describe the distribution of global air traffic.video and map in powerpoint and the links left

Explain why the Jet Engine is such an important development. (use pages325 and 326 Nagle and Cooke and the power point.

How has variation in types of available flight increased the number of people flying? How has this been made possible?

Essay - Examine how the speed and capacity of airline services have changed in the last 50-100 years.

Include detailed information on technology and the causes of change. ||
 * • extension and density of networks

Possible outside speaker. || Analyse the changes in a transport, Internet or telecommunications network in terms of the extension of links and nodes and the intensity of use at a national or global scale.

__**Mobile Telephone networks**__

__**[|HOW STUFF WORKS - MOBILE PHONES - For the physicists!]**__

media type="file" key="Mobile Technology 2011 - clean version.mp4" width="99" height="99" || [|NEWS Africa's mobile revolution guardian web]media type="custom" key="20436474" [|Africa Mobile Phones] media type="youtube" key="kiY6AH4uHsY" height="74" width="147"

[|Africa's Mobile Revolution] || Aim - To show the varied level of growth and density in telephone networks and give reasons for those changes.

Watch the videos below, read the text in Nagle and Cooke Pages 331 - 335. Complete the activities on page 334.

Essay- Analyse the changes in mobile telephone networks on a global scale. How have networks and nodes extended and why have there been varied rates of growth. Where is it increasing the most?

KEY POINT - remember you live in a country where it is increasing, what does your own experience tell you about the importance of mobile phone technology in Malawi? ||
 * || In our analysis, we need to determine the level of change and the causes of the varied levels of media access people have around the world.

The map shows a digital opportunity scale for countries. || [|Digital Divide] [|Apple Widening Digital Divide?] || **Describe the level of digital opportunity indicated by the map (left) source** http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2007/WISR07_full-free.pdf

And using the following resources: Pages 335-337 of the IB Course Companion 2 Web pages left ||
 * Discuss the causes and consequences of the 'Digital Divide'**
 * || Describe the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in civil society and the transmission and flow of images, ideas, information and finance. || [|Technology and the Arab Spring]

[|Media and the views on Globalisation] [|Indymedia.org] || Define Civil Society

Use the web site [|Technology and the Arab Spring]. Read it carefully. Follow other links on the site and answer the following question in 750 words. Include a bibliography. Needs at least 3 sources. Describe the role that technology played in the Arab spring uprising?

What does this film tell us about the importance of communications technology in sharing ideas and information about our global community. || [|Gulf Oil Spill] [|Philippines Typhoon] || How was technology used in these three examples of disasters? Create a 3 part Venn Diagram to identify the different types of technology used and how they were used. || Is it a positive use/ effective use of technology or do you think it a negative use? Explain your answer. || (thanks to Greenfield Geography for the inspiration) ||
 * ||  || [|Japanese nuclear disaster]
 * OPTIONAL ||  || [|Kony 2012 Positive Social Use of Technology? or an promotional trick?] || Who Is Kony? Who made the Video? For what Purpose?
 * || Examine the contrasting rates, levels and patterns of adoption of an element of ICT in two countries. ||  || See Below

Malawi and UK Compared
It is necessary to have a comparison of internet availability and usage in two contrasting countries. Below are facts and figures about the UK and Malawi, including internet users and mobile subscribers. TASK - Use the information in the table to **examine (describe, explain, seek anomalies, explain those)** why usage of the internet is higher in the UK than Malawi. Think about this, How do we recieve internet in Malawi? How many providers are there? How many people use broadband in Malawi? Population Density || 63 million 249 per sq km || 16,323,044 (July 2012 est.) 158.38 in 2010 || Coastline || 243,610 sq km 12,429 km || 118,484 sq km nil Landlocked. ||
 * =  ||= ==United Kingdom (UK)== ||= ==Malawi== ||
 * Population
 * Area
 * Physical Geography || [[image:http://cosasdiversas.com/galpics/zunitedkingdom.gif width="358" height="271" align="center" caption="external image zunitedkingdom.gif"]]

The UK is a relatively small country with a very long coastline. Central and SE UK is relatively flat, while the north and SW of the UK is much more mountainous. Much of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland (apart from the coast) is mountainous. The UK also has a large number of islands. || Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique

Climate is sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) || Rural Population || 80% 20% || 20% (2010) 80% ||
 * Urban Population
 * GDP Per Capita || $33,238 || $900 (2011 est.) ||
 * Internet Users

Hosts || 51 million

8.409 million || Internet Users 716,400 (2009)

Internet Hosts 1,092 (2010) || Mobile subscriptions || 33 million 65.5 million (how can this be bigger than the population?) || 160,100 (2009) 3.038 million (2009) || definition: age 15 and over can read and write
 * Landlines
 * Literacy Rate

School life expectancy(primary to tertiary) || 99%

16 years || total population: 74.8% male: 81.1% female: 68.5% (2010 est.)

9 years || Railways || 394,428 km 16,454 km || 15,451 km 797 km ||
 * Roads
 * || [|Broadband Digital Divide Looms - BBC article]

[|UK Notspots Revealed - BBC article]

[|UK internet economy worth billions - BBC article]

[|Budget 2012: 'Super-connected cities' and video games tax credits - BBC article]

[|BBC new 3g] || [|New Airtel Networks]

[|The Spy Machine!]

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[|BBC article]

[|Excellent Graphical Representations]

[|New Cable Article Apr 2012] || || 12 Hours || || || ||

__Definitions__ (source http://www.geoib.com/the-shrinking-world.html)
Distance-decay principle (frictional effect of distance) Rule by which the increase of distance leads to a decrease of the degree of interaction (e.g. more local phone calls than international phone calls)

Time-Space Convergence The reduction in the time taken to travel between two places due to improvements in transportation or communication technology.

Tankers Cargo ships designed to carry bulk, gas or oil

Container Ships Cargo ships designed to carry containers (standardized metal boxes) (e.g. class of New Panamex ships)

Outsourcing The concept of taking internal company functions and paying an outside firm to handle them. Outsourcing is done to save money, improve quality or free company resources for other activities.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Communication technologies such as telephone (land lines and mobile phones) and internet (email, web, P2P, streaming, VoIP, etc)

Digital Access Index (DAI) Measure of the overall ability of individuals in a country to access and use ICTs, using:
 * Infrastructure: fixed/mobile teledensity
 * Affordability: internet access price as % of GNI/capita
 * Knowledge: adult literacy + enrollment in higher education
 * Quality: % of broadband users + bandwidth
 * Usage: % of internet users