England · AQASyllabus
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3.2.2 The changing economic world
Module overview →- What is the development gap, and how can tourism and aid help to close it?The consequences of uneven development, and how investment, industrial development, aid, intermediate technology, fair trade, debt relief, microfinance and tourism can reduce the development gap.8 min answer →
- How can the world increase its supply of food, water or energy sustainably?The optional resource (food, water or energy): the global pattern of supply and demand, the impacts of insecurity, and strategies to increase supply sustainably, with case studies.9 min answer →
- How is Nigeria developing, and what role do TNCs and aid play?A case study of a newly emerging economy (Nigeria): its global and regional importance, the changing industrial structure, the role of transnational corporations and aid, and the environmental and quality-of-life impacts of growth.9 min answer →
- Why are food, water and energy so important, and how is supply changing in the UK?The significance of food, water and energy to economic and social wellbeing, and an overview of how the demand for and provision of these resources is changing in the UK.8 min answer →
- How do we measure development, and why are some countries richer than others?Measures of development, the Demographic Transition Model, the causes of uneven development, and the strategies used to reduce the global development gap.9 min answer →
- How has the UK economy changed, and how is it linked to the wider world?Economic change in the UK, the move to a post-industrial economy, the impacts of industry on the environment, changes in the rural landscape, transport improvements, the north-south divide and the UK's global links.9 min answer →
- How is a major UK city changing, and how can urban living be made sustainable?A case study of a major UK city: its location and importance, the impacts of national and international migration, the social, economic and environmental opportunities and challenges of urban change, and features of sustainable urban living.9 min answer →
- Why are cities growing so fast, and what challenges does urban growth create?Global patterns of urbanisation, the causes and consequences of urban growth, and the social, economic and environmental challenges and opportunities that rapid urban growth creates.8 min answer →
- How does a major city in a poorer country grow, and how can its squatter settlements be improved?A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE: its location and importance, the causes of growth, the opportunities and challenges of growth, and how squatter settlements can be improved.9 min answer →
3.3.2 Fieldwork
Module overview →- How do I plan, carry out and evaluate a geographical fieldwork enquiry?Fieldwork: the enquiry process, suitable questions and hypotheses, primary and secondary data collection, presentation, analysis, conclusions and evaluation, across one physical and one human enquiry.9 min answer →
- What cartographic, graphical, numerical and statistical skills do I need across all three papers?Geographical skills: cartographic skills with OS maps (grid references, scale, distance, direction, relief), graphical skills, and numerical and statistical skills used throughout the qualification.8 min answer →
- How do I use a pre-release resource booklet to evaluate a geographical issue?The issue evaluation: using a pre-release resource booklet to analyse a contemporary geographical issue, weigh up options and reach a justified decision in Paper 3 Section A.8 min answer →
3.1.3 Physical landscapes in the UK
Module overview →- How do waves shape the coast, and how should we manage coastal erosion and flooding?Wave types and coastal processes of weathering, mass movement, erosion, transport and deposition; erosional and depositional landforms; and the costs and benefits of hard and soft coastal management.10 min answer →
- How do the parts of an ecosystem fit together, and where are the world's major biomes?The concept of an ecosystem, the balance between living and non-living components, food chains, food webs, nutrient cycling, a small-scale UK ecosystem, and the global distribution and characteristics of large-scale biomes.8 min answer →
- How did ice shape the UK's mountains, and how is glaciated land used today?Glacial processes of erosion, transport and deposition, the resulting erosional and depositional landforms, and the economic opportunities and conflicts in glaciated upland areas.9 min answer →
- How do plants, animals and people survive in hot deserts, and what are the chances for development?The physical characteristics and adaptations of hot deserts, the opportunities and challenges of developing a hot desert, the causes of desertification, and strategies to reduce the risk.8 min answer →
- What are natural hazards, and why do earthquakes and volcanoes happen where they do?Definition and types of natural hazard, hazard risk; plate tectonics theory, plate margins, and the effects of and responses to a tectonic hazard in a contrasting pair of countries.9 min answer →
- How does a river shape its valley from source to mouth, and how do we manage flooding?The long profile and changing valley cross profile of a river, fluvial processes of erosion, transport and deposition, erosional and depositional landforms, and hard and soft flood management.10 min answer →
- Why are tropical rainforests so rich in life, and why are they being lost?The physical characteristics, interdependence and plant and animal adaptations of tropical rainforests, the causes and impacts of deforestation, the value of rainforests, and strategies for sustainable management.9 min answer →
- What are the UK's major upland, lowland and river landscapes, and where are they?An overview of the location of the UK's major upland and lowland areas and its main rivers, as the foundation for studying coastal, river and glacial landscapes.7 min answer →
- How do tropical storms form, and is the climate changing because of us?Global atmospheric circulation, the formation, structure and distribution of tropical storms, the effects of and responses to a named tropical storm, UK extreme weather, and evidence, causes, effects and management of climate change.9 min answer →