I want to find out….

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Alternative meanings : I want to find an image that shows…..

I know the image/ text is / is not reliable because…..

I already know……

Layers of meaning grid adapted from Emma Rawlings Smith in Roberts 2013

I think the image/text shows me…

• Examine the environmental and human factors affecting patterns and trends in physical water scarcity and economic water scarcity. Examine the factors affecting access to safe drinking water’

Is there more to water scarcity than lack of rain?

What is water scarcity? Physical – lack of available water where water resource development is approaching or has exceeded unsustainable levels. Relates to availability and demand. Economic – lack of water where water is available locally but not accessible for human, institutional or financial capital reasons.

Guiding questions

1. What are the places of importance in the Jordan River basin?

2. What are the perceptions of place in the Jordan River basin?

3. How can power at different scales influence resource use?

4. How can perceptions of place lead to conflict over resources?

Place

Regions

Locations

The Middle East

perspective

Scale

Politics Resources

inequalitiesWater

Space

What is a region?

• An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries (Oxforddictionaries)

• Regions are the basic units for the study of geography. Various features are used to classify a place as a region. (wikianswers)

‘The Middle East has clear boundaries’ http://blnds.co/1o5DQaP

Evidence for Evidence against

What is a place?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14630174

• Create a mind map of factors influencing the Middle East’s location

Location of the Middle East

Water resources terminology

Water table Aquifer Water scarcity Economic water scarcity Physical water scarcity Evaporation Infiltration Fresh water Potable water Irrigation

Go back to the cartoon and the guiding questions

Use the compass rose to identify questions to answer: Is there more to water scarcity than lack of rainfall?

Starting points

• http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Conflicts+at+the+local+or+national+scale

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4337341.stm

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140222-jordan-river-syrian-refugees-water-environment/

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7911686/River-Jordan-baptism-site-could-be-closed-due-to-pollution.html

Place

Regions

Locations

The Middle East

perspective

Scale

Politics Resources

inequalitiesWater

Space

Create a concept map to show how the concepts, sub

concepts and contexts link to each

other

Use the map

• Plot on the ‘places’ of importance• Annotate to describe who they are important

to and explain why • Add arrows to show the national and

international factors influencing these places• Explain these influences (social, political,

environmental, economic)

Thinking critically….

• Who are the decision makers in this issue? • Whose ideas and perspectives are represented? • Why are they interested in the issue? • What power do they have to influence decisions? • What could they gain from decisions? • What could they lose from the decision? • http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/israel-water-miracle-

palestine-20143247252981587.html

• http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14524#.U0Dx2_mSySo

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