GCSE 9-1 Geography OCR B
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Language
English
ISBN
9781382014915
Front Cover
Title Page
Contents
1 Global Hazards
1.1 Global circulation system
1.2 Extreme temperatures
1.3 Extreme winds
1.4 Extreme precipitation
1.5 Tropical storms and droughts
1.6 Tropical storms and extreme weather
1.7 Drought, El Niño and La Niña
1.8 Typhoon Haiyan – a tropical storm
1.9 Typhoon Haiyan’s path of destruction
1.10 Drought in the UK
1.11 Hazards fieldwork
1.12 Plate tectonics – shaping our world
1.13 Destructive and collision plate boundaries
1.14 Constructive and conservative plate boundaries
1.15 How earthquakes happen
1.16 Why volcanoes erupt
1.17 Earthquake disaster in Nepal – 1
1.18 Earthquake disaster in Nepal – 2
1.19 Saving lives in earthquake zones
2 Changing Climate
2.1 Earth’s changing climate
2.2 Evidence of climate change – 1
2.3 Evidence of climate change – 2
2.4 Natural causes of climate change
2.5 Human causes of climate change – 1
2.6 Human causes of climate change – 2
2.7 Global impacts of climate change – 1
2.8 Global impacts of climate change – 2
2.9 Global impacts of climate change – 3
2.10 Impacts of climate change for the UK – 1
2.11 Impacts of climate change for the UK – 2
2.12 Climate change fieldwork
3 Distinctive Landscapes
3.1 Landscapes of the UK
3.2 Upland and lowland landscapes
3.3 Geology and landscape
3.4 Climate and landscape
3.5 Human activity and landscape
3.6 Shaping landscapes
3.7 Coastal landforms
3.8 River landforms
3.9 The Jurassic Coast
3.10 Battered coastline
3.11 Coastline management
3.12 Landscape fieldwork – 1
3.13 Landscape fieldwork – 2
3.14 The Thames Basin
3.15 Landforms along the Thames
3.16 Flooding on the Thames
3.17 Flood threat to London
4 Sustaining Ecosystems
4.1 Ecosystems
4.2 Global ecosystems
4.3 More about biomes
4.4 Tropical rainforests
4.5 The value of rainforests
4.6 Human impacts on rainforests
4.7 Costa Rica – sustainable rainforest management
4.8 Ecotourism in Costa Rica
4.9 Polar regions
4.10 Life in the Arctic
4.11 Human impacts in the Arctic
4.12 Sustainable management of whaling
4.13 Sustainable management of the Arctic
4.14 Towards an Arctic Treaty
5 Urban Futures
5.1 An urban world
5.2 Super-sized cities
5.3 How cities began and grew
5.4 The urban explosion
5.5 Slumming it
5.6 Urban trends in the UK
5.7 The future of cities
5.8 Birmingham on the map
5.9 Come to Birmingham
5.10 Explore Birmingham
5.11 Unequal Birmingham
5.12 Sustainable Birmingham
5.13 Urban fieldwork – 1
5.14 Urban fieldwork – 2
5.15 Istanbul on the map
5.16 Expanding Istanbul
5.17 Explore Istanbul
5.18 At home in Istanbul
5.19 Congested Istanbul
6 Dynamic Development
6.1 Defining development
6.2 The global development divide
6.3 Measuring development
6.4 Development changes lives
6.5 How uneven development happened
6.6 Uneven development and climate change
6.7 Obstacles to development – trade and debt
6.8 Obstacles to development – political unrest
6.9 Zambia – a low-income developing country
6.10 Zambia’s zigzag path to development
6.11 Zambia’s development goals
6.12 Invest in Zambia
6.13 Zambia’s reliance on copper
6.14 Trans-national companies in Zambia
6.15 Aid and debt in Zambia
6.16 Top-down development in Zambia
6.17 Bottom-up development in Zambia
7 UK in the 21st Century
7.1 Human geography of the UK
7.2 Physical geography of the UK
7.3 The UK’s changing population
7.4 Our ageing population
7.5 Retirement dreams
7.6 London’s booming population
7.7 The UK’s changing economy
7.8 Post-industrial UK
7.9 Economic hubs in the UK
7.10 London’s place in the UK economy
7.11 Cambridge – an economic hub
7.12 Economic fieldwork – 1
7.13 Economic fieldwork – 2
7.14 The UK’s global role
7.15 The UK in the Middle East
7.16 The influence of UK media
7.17 The great British takeaway
8 Resource Reliance
8.1 More resources please
8.2 Farming and fishing for food
8.3 Using fossil fuels for energy
8.4 Providing enough water
8.5 Food security
8.6 Measuring food security
8.7 Two visions of the future
8.8 Food security in Tanzania
8.9 Goat Aid in Babati, Tanzania
8.10 Tanzania’s bid to grow all its own wheat
8.11 Tanzania’s current bid for food security
8.12 Attempts to achieve food security – 1
8.13 Attempts to achieve food security – 2
8.14 Attempts to achieve food security – 3
8.15 Small-scale approaches to food security
Decision-making Exercises
9.1 Hazards in the USA
9.2 From hazard to disaster
9.3 Drought – a hidden disaster
9.4 Waiting for the ‘Big One’
9.5 Be prepared!
10.1 A wind farm controversy
10.2 Wind power in the UK
10.3 UK energy sources
10.4 Shale gas – a non-renewable option
10.5 Tidal power – a renewable option
11.1 London’s ecological footprint
11.2 More sustainable cities
11.3 Improving London’s transport
11.4 Using London’s green spaces
11.5 Sustainable urban living
12.1 China’s economic development
12.2 China’s carbon emissions
12.3 Environmental problems in China
12.4 China’s water crisis
12.5 Sustainable development
Aiming for success in Geography
Skills matching grids
Symbols on Ordnance Survey maps
Glossary
Index
Back Cover
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