Oxford International AQA Examinations: International GCSE Geography
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English
ISBN
9780198417194
Contents
Unit 1 – Living with the physical environment
Section A – The challenge of natural hazards
1 Natural hazards
1.1 What are natural hazards?
2 Tectonic hazards
2.1 Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
2.2 Physical processes at plate margins
2.3 The effects of earthquakes
2.4 Responses to earthquakes
2.5 Living with the risk from tectonic hazards
2.6 Reducing the risk from tectonic hazards
3 Weather hazards
3.1 Global atmospheric circulation
3.2 Where and how are tropical storms formed?
3.3 The structure and features of tropical storms
3.4 Typhoon Haiyan – a tropical storm
3.5 Reducing the effects of tropical storms
4 Climate change
4.1 What is the evidence for climate change?
4.2 What are the natural causes of climate change?
4.3 What are the human causes of climate change?
4.4 Managing the impacts of climate change (1)
4.5 Managing the impacts of climate change (2)
Section B – The living world
5 Ecosystems
5.1 Introducing a small-scale ecosystem
5.2 How does change affect ecosystems?
5.3 Introducing global ecosystems
6 Tropical rainforests
6.1 Environmental characteristics of rainforests
6.2 Causes of deforestation in Malaysia
6.3 Impacts of deforestation in Malaysia
6.4 Managing tropical rainforests
6.5 Sustainable management of tropical rainforests
7 Hot deserts
7.1 Environmental characteristics of hot deserts
7.2 Causes of desertification in hot deserts
7.3 Reducing desertification in hot deserts
Section C – Physical landscapes
8 Physical landscapes in the Middle and Far East
8.1 The Middle and Far East
9 Coastal landscapes
9.1 Wave types and their characteristics
9.2 Weathering and mass movement
9.3 Coastal erosion processes
9.4 Coastal erosion landforms
9.5 Coastal deposition landforms
9.6 Coastal landforms in Indonesia (1)
9.7 Coastal landforms in Indonesia (2)
9.8 Coastal management strategies
9.9 Coastal management at Mactan Island
10 Hot desert landscapes
10.1 Aeolian (wind) processes
10.2 Water processes
10.3 Wind landforms
10.4 Water landforms
10.5 Opportunities for development in hot deserts
10.6 Challenges of development in hot deserts
11 River landscapes
11.1 Changes in rivers and their valleys
11.2 Fluvial (river) processes
11.3 River erosion landforms
11.4 River erosion and deposition landforms
11.5 Factors increasing flood risk
11.6 Managing floods – hard engineering
11.7 Managing floods – soft engineering
11.8 Managing floods in the Huai River Basin, China
Unit 2 – Challenges in the human environment
Section A – Urban issues and challenges
12 The urban world
12.1 An increasingly urban world
12.2 The emergence of megacities
13 Urban growth
13.1 Exploring Mumbai
13.2 Mumbai: a growing city
13.3 Social opportunities
13.4 Economic opportunities
13.5 Managing urban growth
13.6 Providing basic resources and services
13.7 Managing waste, recycling and pollution
13.8 Managing traffic congestion
13.9 Improving the quality of life for the urban poor
14 World cities
14.1 What is a world city?
14.2 London: a world city
14.3 The importance of London as a world city
14.4 London’s economic, social and environmental opportunities
14.5 London’s economic and social challenges
14.6 London’s environmental challenges
14.7 Managing London’s resources
14.8 London Olympic Park: an urban regeneration project
14.9 New York: a world city
14.10 The importance of New York as a world city
14.11 New York’s economic, social and environmental opportunities
14.12 New York’s economic and social challenges
14.13 New York’s environmental challenges
Section B – The changing economic world
15 The development gap
15.1 Our unequal world
15.2 Measuring development
15.3 The demographic transition model
15.4 Changing population structures
15.5 Causes of uneven development
15.6 Uneven development – wealth and health
15.7 Uneven development – migration
15.8 Reducing the gap
15.9 Reducing the gap – aid and intermediate technology
15.10 Reducing the gap – fair trade
15.11 Reducing the gap – debt relief
15.12 Reducing the gap – tourism
16 Nigeria: newly emerging economy
16.1 Exploring Nigeria (1)
16.2 Exploring Nigeria (2)
16.3 Nigeria in the wider world
16.4 Balancing a changing industrial structure
16.5 The impacts of transnational corporations
16.6 The impacts of international aid
16.7 Managing environmental issues
16.8 Quality of life in Nigeria
Section C – Global issues
17 Water
17.1 Global water supply
17.2 The impact of water insecurity
17.3 How can water supply be increased?
17.4 The Lesotho Highland Water Project
17.5 Sustainable water supplies
17.6 The Wakel River Basin project
18 Energy
18.1 Global energy supply and demand
18.2 Impacts of energy insecurity
18.3 Strategies to increase energy supply
18.4 Gas – a non-renewable resource
18.5 Sustainable energy use
18.6 The Chambamontera micro-hydro scheme
19 Population
19.1 The change in world population over time
19.2 Causes of global increase in population
19.3 Environmental and economic impacts of population change
19.4 Strategies to manage population growth
19.5 International migration
19.6 Causes and impacts of forced migration
19.7 Causes and impacts of voluntary migration
20 Communication
20.1 Development of ocean shipping and ports
20.2 Global patterns of movement by sea
20.3 The world’s leading ports
20.4 Comparing ocean transport with air transport
20.5 Development of airports and global patterns
20.6 Advantages of international links for manufacturing, trade and tourism
20.7 Challenges of increasing airport development
20.8 Developments in ICT
20.9 Development of International phone links
20.10 ICT and economic growth in NEEs: call centres
20.11 ICT and economic growth in NEEs: TNC investment
20.12 ICT and economic growth in NEEs: trade and tourism
Unit 3 – Geographical applications and skills
21 Fieldwork
21.1 Investigating river processes and management
21.2 Primary data collection in river fieldwork
21.3 Processing and presenting river fieldwork
21.4 Analysis and conclusions – river enquiry
21.5 Evaluating your river enquiry
21.6 Investigating variations in urban quality of life
21.7 Primary data collection for urban fieldwork
21.8 Processing and presenting urban fieldwork
21.9 Analysis and conclusions – urban enquiry
21.10 Evaluating your urban enquiry
22 Geographical skills
22.1 Cartographic skills
22.2 Graphical skills
22.3 Statistical skills
Glossary
OS map symbols key
Index
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