2.1 Identifying Geographical Issues

• What is an example of an environmental geographical issue?

  Deforestation
• Social issues often involve migration and urbanization
• What does the spatial scale criterion consider?

  Affected regions
• Match the type of geographical issue with its example:

  Environmental ↔️ Pollution

  Social ↔️ Poverty

  Economic ↔️ Unemployment
• The significance of a geographical issue is determined solely by its impact on the economy.

  False
• Issues with large-scale and high-severity impacts are considered more significant.

  True
• Match the geographical issue with its spatial scale:

  Climate change ↔️ Global

  Deforestation ↔️ Ranges from local to global
• Diverse sources of geographical information help identify, understand, and address geographical issues
• Spatial data analysis often involves visualizing spatial distributions using mapping
• Social issues often involve migration and urbanization.


  True
• What are geographical issues defined by?

  Spatial relationships and distributions
• Geographical issues only impact people and not the environment.

  False
• What is an example of a social geographical issue?

  Inequality
• Order the criteria for identifying geographical issues:

  1️⃣ Significance

  2️⃣ Spatial Scale

  3️⃣ Complexity
• Why do geographical issues require complex interactions between natural and human systems?

  To understand their causes
• What is an example of an economic issue affecting resource distribution?

  Economic crises
• Complex, interdisciplinary issues are more challenging to understand and address
• Steps in identifying geographical issues

  1️⃣ Consider significance

  2️⃣ Assess spatial scale

  3️⃣ Evaluate complexity
• Maps are a source of geographical information that provide visual representations of spatial data.

  True
• Qualitative data includes numerical measurements and statistical trends.

  False
• What are the three main categories of geographical issues?

  Environmental, Social, Economic
• The significance criterion measures the overall impact on the environment, people, or economy
• What type of statistical data is included in census data?

  Population, demographics, socioeconomic factors
• Population density is an example of quantitative data.


  True
• What two factors are considered when evaluating the significance of geographical issues?

  Scale of impact and severity of impacts
• What type of impact does a high-severity issue cause?

  Major, long-lasting damage or disruption
• What is the scale of impact of urban sprawl?

  Local
• The complexity criterion highlights the interdisciplinary nature and multiple interacting factors
• The World Bank Open Data is an example of an online database
• Quantitative data includes numerical data analyzed using statistical techniques
• Local issues have impacts confined to a specific area or community
• High-severity impacts result in major and long-lasting damage
• Access to healthcare is a local issue with moderate significance
• Geographical issues often require interdisciplinary approaches
• Match the type of geographical issue with its characteristic:

  Environmental ↔️ Relates to natural processes

  Social ↔️ Impacts communities and cultures

  Economic ↔️ Affects economies and resources
• What is an example of an economic geographical issue?

  Unemployment
• The complexity of a geographical issue refers to the number of interacting factors
• What is an example of an environmental issue affecting biodiversity?

  Deforestation
• The spatial scale criterion considers whether the issue is localized or affects multiple regions
• Issues that span a wider geographic area are generally more significant