Geography A-Level
Resource Security and Hegemony
What Resource Security and Hegemony means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Resource Security and Hegemony
The drive for energy and mineral security as a catalyst for environmental degradation in peripheral regions, often facilitated by superpower-led Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
Topics that use Resource Security and Hegemony
- Superpowers (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Carbon Colonialism
- Deindustrialisation and the Spiral of Decline
- Economic Hegemony
- Economic Interdependence
- Economic Interdependence and Asymmetry
- Environmental Diplomacy and Soft Power
- Environmental Externalities of Resource Extraction
- Environmental Governance
Using Resource Security and Hegemony in the exam
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