Our Connected Planet covers all parts of the Higher Level extension for IBDP Geography Paper 3.  The book contains 320 pages in full colour, 17.2cm x 24.5cm, with 9 chapters that mirror the structure of the syllabus.  View sample pages from the book here.

Chapter 1 is ‘Global interactions and global power’.  It comprises 38 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Globalisation and global interactions (including the difference between global interactions and globalisation; theories of globalisation)
   

2. • Globalisation indices (including AT Kearny Index; KOF Index; Maastricht Index; evaluating the indices)
   

3. • Global superpowers (including case studies of the United States and China)
   

4. • Powerful organisations and global groups (including G7/8; G20; OECD; OPEC; global lending institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and the New Development Bank)
   

Chapter 2 is ‘Global networks and flows’.  It comprises 35 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services (including the global triad)
   

2. • International aid, loans and debt relief
   

3. • International remittances from economic migrants
   

4. • Illegal flows (including human trafficking; narcotics and counterfeit goods)
   

5. • Foreign direct investment and outsourcing by TNCs (including supply chain organisation)
   

6. • A case study of Apple’s global strategy and supply chain
   

7. • A case study of Airbus’ global strategy and supply chain
   

Chapter 3 is ‘Human and physical influences on global interactions’.  It comprises 44 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Political factors that affect global interactions (including multi-governmental organisations using the United Nations and European Union as examples; free trade zones using the Shanghai FTZ as an example; and economic migration controls and rules, with a focus on the United States)
   

2. • Our ‘shrinking world’ (including changing global data flow patterns and trends; transport developments over time; communications infrastructure and use)
   

3. • The physical environment and global interactions (including natural resource availability; geographic isolation)
   

Chapter 4 is ‘Development opportunities’.  It comprises 46 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • The multidimensional process of human development (including Sustainable Development Goals criteria; validity and reliability of development indicators including the Human Development Index and gender Inequality Index)
   

2. • Empowering women, indigenous and minority groups (including the role and status of women and other minority groups)
   

3. • A case study of affirmative action to empower women in Muslim countries
   

4. • A case study of affirmative action to close the development gap for women in China
   

5. • A case study of affirmative action to advance the Dani people of West Papua
   

6. • Social entrepreneurship (including microcredit and microfinance organisations; alternative trading networks; TNC corporate social responsibility)
   

Chapter 5 is ‘Changing identities and cultures’.  It comprises 22 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Cultural traits, ethnicities and identities (including cultural differentialism; cultural hybridisation, dilution, homogenisation and convergence)
   

2. • Effects of global interactions on cultural diversity (including the diffusion of cultural traits; glocalisation of branded commodities and cultural hybridity; adoption vs adaption of mass consumer culture; cultural landscape changes in the built environment)
   

3. • Influence of diasporas on cultural diversity and identity (including a detailed case study of the Korean diaspora)
   

Chapter 6 is ‘Local responses to global interactions’.  It comprises 31 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Local and civil society resistance to global interactions (including adoption, adaptation or rejection of globalised goods; anti-globalisation and anti-Globalisation; rejection of globalised production)
   

2. • A case study of the campaign against McDonalds in Tecoma
   

3. • The rise of anti-immigration movements
   

4. • Case studies of anti-immigration movements in Europe and the United States
   

5. • Geopolitical constraints on global interactions (including government and militia controls on personal freedoms; freedom of movement; internet freedom)
   

6. • Case study of constraints on global interactions in North Korea
   

7. • National trade restrictions (including resource nationalism, and trade sanctions)
   

8. • The role of civil society in promoting international-mindedness
   

9. • Case study of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong
   

10. • Case study of the Malala Fund and education for girls
    

Chapter 7 is ‘Geopolitical and economic risks’.  It comprises 45 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Threats to individuals and businesses (including cybersecurity; hacking and identity theft; internet surveillance, and the rise of the Pirate Party)
   

2. • Risks to global supply chain flows
   

3. • Threats to the political and economic sovereignty of states (including the nature of nation-states; the changing role of the nation-state; profit repatriation and tax avoidance)
   

4. • Case study of Apple’s tax avoidance
   

5. • Tax avoidance by wealthy individuals
   

6. • Disruptive technological innovations
   

7. • Increased globalisation and renewed nationalism and tribalism (including a case study of nationalism in Turkey; geopolitical tensions and conflicts)
   

8. • Case study of the Israel-Palestine conflict
   

9. • Case study of geopolitical tensions and conflict on the Korean peninsula
   

Chapter 8 is ‘Environmental risks’.  It comprises 24 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Transboundary pollution (including a discussion of acid rain and a case study of acid rain in East Asia)
   

2. • Environmental impacts of global flows (including localised pollution along roadsides and shipping lanes; carbon footprints for global flows of food, goods and people)
   

3. • Environmental issues linked with the global shift of industry (including polluting manufacturing industries; food production systems for global agribusiness)
   

Chapter 9 is ‘Local and global resilience’.  It comprises 23 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Successes of civil society organisations
   

2. • Case study of SweatFree Communities (a social civil society organisation)
   

3. • Case study of 350.org (an environmental civil society organisation)
   

4. • Strategies to build resilience (including reshoring of economic activity by transnational corporations; crowdsourcing technologies; and new technologies including cybersecurity and e-passports)