Geography GCSE
Socio-economic impacts
What Socio-economic impacts means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Socio-economic impacts
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Human impacts involve reduced crop yields, loss of habitable land, and the spread of tropical diseases.
Topics that use Socio-economic impacts
- Climate change (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Afforestation
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Deforestation
- Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Ice cores
- International agreements
- Long-term versus short-term changes
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