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Component 3: Contemporary Themes in Geography

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What are the tectonic hazards, and what primary and secondary impacts do they cause?

The nature of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis; their measurement; and their primary and secondary, social, economic and environmental impacts.
An Eduqas A-Level Geography answer to the nature and impacts of tectonic hazards in Component 3, covering earthquakes (focus, epicentre, magnitude scales), volcanic eruptions (types, the VEI, hazards) and tsunamis, and their primary and secondary, social, economic and environmental impacts, with contrasting case studies.
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How can tectonic hazard risk be predicted, managed and reduced?

Prediction, monitoring and forecasting; the hazard management cycle and the Park model; mitigation, building design and planning; and the contrast between developed and developing responses.
An Eduqas A-Level Geography answer to tectonic hazard management and response in Component 3, covering prediction, monitoring and forecasting, the hazard management cycle (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery), the Park model of disaster response, mitigation through building design and land-use planning, and the contrast between developed and developing responses, with case studies.
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Why do hazards of similar magnitude affect different places so differently?

The concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and resilience; the hazard risk equation; the factors that shape vulnerability; and the role of development and governance.
An Eduqas A-Level Geography answer to hazard vulnerability and resilience in Component 3, covering the concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and resilience, the hazard risk equation, the factors that shape vulnerability (development, governance, population density, building quality, perception), and contrasting developed and developing outcomes, with case studies.
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Why do some places face several overlapping hazards, and why do people continue to live there?

Multi-hazard environments where tectonic and other hazards overlap; the reasons people live with hazard risk; and how disaster risk can be reduced in these complex settings.
An Eduqas A-Level Geography answer to multi-hazard environments in Component 3, covering places where tectonic and other natural hazards overlap, the concept of disaster hotspots, why people continue to live with hazard risk, and how disaster risk can be reduced in complex settings, with case studies such as the Philippines and Japan.
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Why do tectonic hazards occur, and how does plate tectonics explain their distribution?

The structure of the Earth and the theory of plate tectonics; the types of plate boundary and hotspots; and how these explain the global distribution of tectonic hazards.
An Eduqas A-Level Geography answer to plate tectonics and tectonic hazards in Component 3, covering the structure of the Earth, the theory of plate tectonics and its driving forces, the types of plate boundary (constructive, destructive, conservative, collision) and hotspots, and how these explain the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes.
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