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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 30 CLASS NOTES

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 30 CLASS NOTES. Global Disparities in Nutrition and Health. GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION. FOOD EMERGENCY??? Maybe in future: WHY??? P op. Growth, Urbanization, Energy costs, Climate change. FOOD DISTRIBUTION. Malnutrition –

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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 30 CLASS NOTES

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  1. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHYCH 30 CLASS NOTES Global Disparities in Nutrition and Health

  2. GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION • FOOD EMERGENCY??? • Maybe in future: WHY??? • Pop. Growth, Urbanization, Energy costs, Climate change

  3. FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Malnutrition – • ill health resulting from deficiency in essential foods • 1/6 of world is malnourished • Rich Countries = Fed Countries

  4. Why Malnourished? • 1. Distribution systems fail • 2. Inability to pay costs • 3. Traditional cultural practices that favor men (disadvantage women & child)

  5. Factors of Malnutrition

  6. Dietary Balance: (5) • Adequate supply of protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals • Hidden Hunger: despite adequate caloric intake (carbs), certain foods are in short supply (proteins) = malnourished

  7. Actions to Take to Avoid a Food Crisis • Is reason for concern!!! • National and International Scale: • 1. Formulate Population Policies • Family planning • 2. Sustain the Green Revolution • GE / GM products

  8. 3. Expand Farmlands • Less development • Reclaim dilapidated city lands • 4. Stimulate local Production • Small gardens • Rooftop Gardens

  9. Mr. Lane’s Backyard Garden

  10. Chicago City Hall

  11. 419 Lafayette Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City

  12. NYC Boardwalk???

  13. 5. Encourage Land Reform • Who farms land = better farming • City farming (rooftops) • Vertical Farming???

  14. Vertical Farming

  15. DragonFly Skyscraper

  16. BoscoVerticale – Milan, Italy

  17. Pasona Building - Tokyo, Japan

  18. ACROS Fukuoka Building, Japan

  19. 6. Improve Food Dist. Systems • Transport infrastructures • 7. Develop Alt. Food Sources • Aquaculture (fish farms)

  20. 8. Strengthen INT. NAT. Controls on Ocean Fishing • Many countries overfish • 9. Reduce Meat Consumption • Healthier / more grain available • 10. Promote Social Change • Amend cultural practices • Equality for women

  21. MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY • Study of health and disease in geographic context • Source, spread (diffusion), affect regions • Contagious Diseases – diseases that can be transmitted

  22. Infant Mortality • Nutrition plays a huge part (development) • Poverty, sanitation, medical services • Low: ??? • High: ??? • (Map p. 462)

  23. IMR Map

  24. IMR Causes • Physical health of Mother • Poor Sanitation / Drinking water • More die cause parents not know how to cope with routine problems like diarrhea than because of epidemics • Leading killer (w/ malnutrition)

  25. DISEASE TYPES • 1. Infectious Diseases • Invasion of a parasite (Malaria) • 65% of all human illnesses • 2. Chronic / Degenerative • Long term deterioration of body (cancer) • 3. Genetic / Inherited • Genetic Diseases (Down’s Synd.)

  26. EPIDEMIC – • Sudden outbreak leads to high % of cases & deaths in a region • PANDEMIC – • When outbreak spreads around the world (influenza) • ENDEMIC – • Disease particular to a region or locale (mono in college)

  27. DISEASES in BOOKp. 468-478 • Malaria • Yellow Fever • Sleeping Sickness • Cholera • Influenza • AIDS

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