IGCSE Geography / Economic activity and energy

The energy gap and energy security

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 4: Economic activity and energy, specification point 4.3a. Part of the full course.

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The energy gap is the difference between a country's energy demand and the energy it can produce itself. Understanding energy security and energy mixes helps explain why imports or dependence on one source can put a country's energy supply at risk.

More lessons in Economic activity and energy

• The four economic sectors
• Employment structure and the Clark Fisher model
• Reading and plotting triangular graphs
• Where primary and secondary activity locates
• Where tertiary and quaternary activity locates
• Why sector employment changes
• Case study: sector shift in Ethiopia
• Case study: sector shift in China
• Case study: sector shift in the UK
• Informal employment
• Case study: informal employment in Dhaka
• Population and resources: Malthus and Boserup
• Why energy demand keeps rising
• Non-renewable energy
• Renewable energy
• Managing energy sustainably
• Carbon and ecological footprints
• Case study: energy management in Qatar
• Case study: energy management in India
• Case study: energy management in Nepal
• Energy fieldwork: collecting the data
• Energy fieldwork: results, conclusions and evaluation