Session 5: Resource Consumption and Wealth Assignment
Use the Mapping URL: https://esriurl.com/enviroGeoInquiry13
ALL ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES AND YOU MUST
USE YOUR
OWN WORDS. ANSWERS CANNOT BE COPIED FROM ANY LOCATION.
1) Which three regions of the world earn the highest annual salaries? (3
points)
The three regions of the world that earn the highest annual salaries are North
America, Australia, and many European countries.
2) What are three of the top earning countries? Are there any surprises with
the three you
chose? Explain why or why not. Full sentences in paragraph format. (5 points)
In the Details pane, click the Show Contents Of Map button. Point to the
Gross National
Income By Country, 2014 layer, and click the Show Table button. In the table,
click the
Gross National Income Per Capita, PPP column header and sort descending.
The three top earning countries are Qatar, Singapore, and the United
Arab Emirates. There are definitely surprises as the layfolk would assume the
country with the highest annual salaries would be the top earning countries,
but it is quite the opposite. The regions with the highest annual salaries are
North America, Australia, and different European countries, and none of them
where in the top three. Although they soon follow after the top three causing
the thought what is the top three countries doing to cause them to be from the
top earning countries.
3) What countries have the top five highest gross national income (GNI)
earnings in the
table? (5 points)
The five highest gross national income earning countries were Qatar,
Singapore, UAE, Norway, and Hong Kong,PRC.
4) What are the five lowest GNI earning countries? (Hint: In the same column,
sort
ascending.) (5 points)
The five lowest GNI earning countries are Aruba, Anguilla, Aland Islands,
Andorra, Argentina
5) Using information, you have available in Session 4- Consumption and
Waste Module
What environmental issues have you heard about that one of these high-
earning
countries faces? (at least 150 words) (10 points)
An environmental issue that one of the high earning country such as
America, faces is recycling single use plastics. It is a problem that reclycling
does not solve since they are used once. A solution they had was to send to
China, which was working well for America until China put an end to it.
America continued to send to neighboring Asian countries, but this is
just the beginning of a tragic environmental issue. America is also having an
issue since it has to close more and more of its incinerators due to the
pollution and uncontrolled waste, “Incinerators have been forced to close
because of the chemicals within your daily trash. Think about everything you
throw into your trash can: batteries, plastics, electronics, hazardous waste.
There are many products that are not good for the environment and
although there have been some solutions there are still problems that need to
be solved like finding alternative products.
Week 4 Consumption and Waste.ppt
6) What environmental issues have you heard about in the low-earning
countries? (at
least 150 words) (10 points)
An environmental issue that has been spoken about in a low earning
country such as the Philippines is recycling certain products from corporations
such as plastics and stereo foam .
The Phillipines in Manilla have come up with a system to deal with
waste except those hard to recycle products or recyclable claimed products,
that more often than not get dumped in some place never to be used. This
project in Manilla is very efficient but there hope is for the corporate
companies to use more trash friendly products, which is more suitable for
them and every environment.”We our left with 20-30% they can neither
composite or recycle.” Its quite interesting that even a high earning country
and low earning country share in this issue.
The problem of single use recyclable is something shared throughout
the world and is something that needs to be addressed by the world. With this
it can be hoped for a better solution to a common problem.
“The Story of Plastic: Manila’s Zero Waste Neighborhoods.” YouTube, 27 Jan. 2019,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rFLNvMqns. Accessed 23 Apr. 2020.
Click the checkbox to the left of the layer named, Energy Use By Country,
2010.
7) Per capita, what five countries consume the most energy? (5 points)
The five countries that consume the most energy is the virgin islands, Trinidad
and Tobago, Qatar, UAE, and Iceland.
8) What are life expectancy and adult literacy like in low-energy-consuming
countries?
The life expectancy in countries with low energy consuming is from the
lowest. Countries such as Anguilla, Aland, Andorra, Antarctica, and Ashmore
and Cartier Island. Even though their life expectancy is low they are from the
highest in Adult literacy.
The Human Development Index (HDI) combines several country statistics to
monitor
progress toward improving the quality of human life. Turn off all selected
layers, and turn on
the Human Development Index By Country, 1980-2010 Time Series layer.
Notice a new time
slider bar appears at the bottom of the map.
9) What areas of the world have made improvements? And what has
contributed to this
growth? (150 words) Factual basis, no I statements. If you use outside
sources, you
need to cite properly. (20 points)
Norway is one of the countries that has made significant improvement
and holds the top spot in the human development index. The areas on the top
of this list is Europe, Australia, and North America.
Norway has many reasons for the cause of its high human development
index. The biggest of it is its production of petroleum, “It is fueled by oil and
gas exports which not only makes it extremely efficient and stable, but also
helps it to be one of the richest countries for many many more years to come.
Another major reason why Norway is so wealthy is Petroleum. It has also
received significant sums of wealth from petroleum exports after 1970s.” It
also has other reserves such as, seafood, hydro-power, lumber, minerals, natural gas,
and freshwater. Norway boasts of free health care as well as one of the lowest
unemployment rates in a country. The gap between the poor and rich is extremely
smaller compared to other countries. As well as having a smaller population which
allows it’s great development.
Norway is a beautiful country that has increased its human development index
by numerous factors. From them is its oil and petroleum production. The country
has a small population and the poverty level is quite low with good wages and low
unemployment. All of this has helped Norway maintain is handhold at the top.
Oslo. “Top 5 Reasons Why Norway Has a High Standard of Living - Free Tour
Oslo.” Free Tour Oslo, 7 June 2019, freetouroslo.com/top-5-reasons-why-
norway-has-a-high-standard-
10) How does GNI relate to HDI countries pre-2010? (10 points)
They both are similar the countries with a strong GNI also have a strong HDI.
Countries like Qatar, UAE, Singapore, Norway while Hong Kong is a little
lower but still quite high.
11) How does GNI relate in countries with high HDI after 2010? (10 points)
It still has the same related affect those countries with a high GNI also have a
high HDI after 2010.
12) Does greater energy usage result in a greater increase in industrial
production? Factual
basis, sourcing needed. (100 words) (12 points)
Greater energy usage doesn’t necessarily have to be a greater
increase in industrial production. Many Green Tech advocates believe that
the two do not need to correlate rather you can use energy efficient systems
to produce in the economy such as industrial production.
A suitable example is solar power and how it can drastically change the
industrial use of energy, while being quite conservative in energy usage.
“Now, though, you've got 3.5 gigawatts of solar PV on the grid, according to
new Energy Information Administration numbers. You've got the global south,
where solar makes a ton of sense, growing quickly. You've got a whole
industry that wants to grow. This is a industry that is prime for growth as the
world goes to more energy efficient means.
Although a old belief is that greater energy usage result in greater
increase in industrial production, it is time to change the narrative. As the
world sees the importance of efficiency new forms of energy are being
discovered to better suit the human race and their daily lives as a whole.
Madrigal, A. C. (2018, February 15). Does higher energy consumption cause greater economic
output? The Atlantic. Retrieved November 6, 2022, from
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/does-higher-energy-
consumption-cause-greater-economic-output/264047/
