1. Sustainable Decision Making Exercise Thursday 14 June 2012 - 9am The Age Old Saga - Why does an older population pose challenges for us all? -

2. The Resource Booklet You will be given a copy of the resource booklet. This is a photocopy of the real thing. You may write/annotate/label this booklet. You MUST bring it in each lesson up until the exam. However, you WILL NOT be allowed to bring this into the exam. A new one will be provided for you.

3. Information from the Exam Board... Candidates should be reminded that: they should use information in the resources to support their answers; they may be able to use knowledge of their own case studies (marks are allocated in the scheme of assessment to knowledge); the SDM has three sections, The Background, The Options and The Decision, each with a different purpose.

4. Information from the exam board continued... “For this series, the subject matter comes from the Population and Settlement section of the Key Geographical Themes featured in the Specification. The issue has been highlighted for developed countries throughout the world where decreasing birth rates have combined with improved health and longevity to change the structure of the population in these countries. The mechanisms of an ageing population should be studied along with the impacts of such population structure on a country. However, the attitudes and values of retirees should also be taken into consideration and how their requirements in retirement impact on specialised retirement housing developments”.

5. A guide to the resources... Resource 1 describes how an ageing population develops and looks at some of the effects of an ageing population. These can be both positive and negative effects. Resource 2 looks at how the UK population structure is projected to change in the future. You need to understand how a population pyramid shows the structure of a population. Resource 3 looks at what affects disposable income and at the varying levels of disposable income available to people of different age ranges. Resource 4 shows the attitudes of a range of stakeholders to ageing population. Let’s have a look at the resources together as a class. This is just to become familiar with what the booklet contains. We will look at each one in more detail over the next few weeks.

6. A guide to the resources continued... Resource 5 looks at the increase in the development of specialist ‘retirement complexes’, reflecting the changing needs of the ageing population and, at the potential development of a retirement complex in Dunbar. You need to explore the sustainability of the development of retirement complexes in terms of their economic, social and environmental implications. Resource 6 shows an OS map of Dunbar, in Scotland, and includes three possible development sites for a retirement complex. Resource 7 shows views of some locations in and around Dunbar. Resource 8 shows the location of Dunbar and a fact file on Dunbar.

7. Connection: A Global Issue Watch the following clip which introduces some of the issues related to the Global problem of an Ageing population.Ageing population Note down some of the key facts and figures. Share your facts with people on you table.

8. Resource 1: The UKs Ageing Population Now watch the following clip about the UKs ageing population.UKs ageing population. 1.Write down the causes and effects of this on the country. 2.Read through the resource. Which effects of an ageing population listed are positive and which are negative? 3.Add any annotations/extra information to your booklet.

9. Resource 2: Population Pyramids 1.What are the differences between the UK population in 2000 and the projected population for 2050? Remember to include facts and figures from the resource in your answer! 2.Now try to explain why these changes are likely to happen. 3.What will the government have to do to plan for the projected population structure in 2050? Watch this clip on Population Pyramids to remind you about how they work.Population Pyramids Look at this website on Population Pyramids. Play around with the dates and countries.Population Pyramids. Annotate your resource with extra facts.

10. Resource 3: Disposable Income Look at resource 3; Disposable income. 1.What is disposable income? Make sure that you have a definition. 2.Using the graph, compare the differences in disposable income for the different age groups. 3.Which age groups in Resource 3a have the highest and lowest disposable income? 4.Now explain the differences using your own knowledge and the spider diagram Resource 3b.

11. Resource 4: Stakeholders What is a stakeholder? Stakeholders Individuals, or groups, businesses or organisations that have an interest in the development or outcomes of a particular issue. They may be involved financially or emotionally. They may conflict or be compatible. Add this to your resource and learn! 1.Read through the different Stakeholder views about an ageing population. 2.Why do they have these views? 3.Think of 5 other stakeholders and the views that they might have about an ageing population. 4.Add these to your resource

12. Resource 5: Retirement Complexes in the UK Read through the articles in Resource 5 (page 6). You need to explore the sustainability of the development of retirement complexes in terms of their economic, social and environmental implications. 1.Research some retirement complexes in the USA and the Denham Garden Village complex in Buckinghamshire. Denham Garden Village complex in Buckinghamshire 2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of these retirement complexes? Are these an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable way of dealing with an ageing population? 3.Create a table that considers each of the above 4.In the second article what is meant by: care home, nursing home, sheltered housing, local authority, private sector, social sector?

13. Resources 6,7 & 8: Dunbar, Scotland 1.Watch the home video clip of Dunbar. What are your first impressions of the town?Dunbar 2.Use Resources 6, 7 & 8 to give reasons why Dunbar has been chosen as the location of Scotland’s first retirement complex. 3.Why would it be attractive to elderly people? Make sure that you do further research at home on Dunbar.

14. 1.Use the OS map Resource 6 and Google maps satellite image of Dunbar to identify the 3 possible sites for the retirement complex.Google maps satellite image 2.What is the current land use in each? 3.Complete a table of advantages and disadvantages of each site. Think about stakeholders’ opinions of each site too. Resources 6,7 & 8: Dunbar, Scotland

15. Exam Practice Make sure you are confident about what each of the resources shows. Have a go at the mock paper. Spend 1 hour on it in exam conditions – 15 min on Section A, – 20 min on Section B and – 25 min on Section C.