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Bhopal
1. What are the problems of rapid
urbanisation in poorer parts of
the world?
2. Syllabus
Key idea:
Rapid urbanisation in a poorer part of the world requires
the management of the environmental problems
caused.
Specification content:
Effects of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation
Difficulties of disposal of waste, much of which is toxic.
Effects and management of air and water pollution.
5. Lesson Objectives
• All will understand what life happened in
December 1984.
• Most will understand that TNCs are not
always good news for LEDCs.
• Some will understand why this disaster
could not have happened in a country
like the UK.
6. Card sort activity:
• How did you sort the cards?
Causes/ consequences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QPPELiDjY (6.01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCXNIH2pZw&feature=related
(6.01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkt6rUypnE4&feature=related
(6.01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaklNxU3MOE&feature=related
(5.39)
http://www.bhopal.org/
7. Tasks…
• What are TNC’S?
• What happened in December 1984?
Write a summary paragraph about the
world’s worst industrial accident at
Bhopal.
• Why is a similar accident unlikely to
occur in the UK?
8. Paragraph should include…
• 3rd Dec 1984
• Bhopal, India
• Poisonous gas escaped from Union Carbide
chemical plant
• 3,000 killed
• Pesticide production for agriculture to meet
growing demand for food supply
• Unofficial estimates put the number between
8,000 and 10,000
• Around 50,000 suffered permanent
disabilities