fh.2.3 The importance of diffusion in the spread of innovation and disease
Content
Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
How physical and human processes lead to changes in food production and consumption, and incidence and spread of disease.
Geographic knowledge and understanding
The importance of diffusion (including adoption/acquisition, expansion, relocation) in the spread of agricultural innovations, and also in the spread of diseases, and the role of geographic factors (including physical, economic and political barriers) in the rate of diffusion.
Case study or detailed examples
Neither required by the syllabus
Aims of this lesson
To have knowledge and understanding of how agricultural innovations are spread via adoption, expansion or relocation.
To have knowledge and understanding of how diseases are spread via adoption, expansion or relocation.
To have an understanding of how the physical, economic and political barriers impact the rate and spread of diseases.
To have an understanding of how the physical, economic and political barriers impact the rate and spread of agricultural innovation.
