Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Geography Course Companion
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9780198396062
Front Cover
Title Page
Course Companion definition
The IB learner Profile
The location of case studies
Contents
Option A Freshwater - Drainage Basins
1 Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology
2 Flooding and flood mitigation
3 Water scarcity and water quality
4 Water management futures
Option B Oceans and Coastal Margins
1 Ocean–atmosphere interactions
2 Interactions between oceans and coastal places
3 Managing coastal margins
4 Ocean management futures
Option C Extreme Environments
1 The characteristics of extreme environments
2 Physical processes and landscapes
3 Managing extreme environments
4 Extreme environments’ futures
Option D Geophysical Hazards
1 Geophysical systems
2 Geophysical hazard risks
3 Hazard risk and vulnerability
4 Future resilience and adaptation
Option E Leisure, Tourism and Sport
1 Changing leisure patterns
2 Tourism and sport at the local and national scale
3 Tourism and sport at the international scale
4 Managing tourism and sport for the future
Option F The Geography of Food and Health
1 Measuring food and health
2 Food systems and the spread of disease
3 Stakeholders in food and health
4 Future health and food security and sustainability
Option G Urban Environments
1 The variety of urban environments
2 Changing urban systems
3 Urban environmental and social stresses
4 Building sustainable urban systems for the future
Unit 1 Changing Populution
1 Population and economic development patterns
2 Changing populations and places
3 Challenges and opportunities
Unit 2 Global Climate - Vulnerability and Resilience
1 The causes of global climate change
2 The consequences of global climate change
3 Responding to climate change
Unit 3 Global Resource Consumption and Security
1 Global trends in consumption
2 Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
3 Resource stewardship
Unit 4 Power, Places and Networks
1 Global interactions and global power
2 Global networks and flows
3 Human and physical influences on global interactions
Unit 5 Human Development and Diversity
1 Development opportunities
2 Changing identities and cultures
3 Local responses to global interactions
Unit 6 Globl Risks and Resilience
1 Geopolitical and economic risks
2 Environmental risks
3 Local and global resilience
Index
Back Cover
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