My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography B Second Edition
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Part 1: Our natural world
Topic 1 Global hazards
1 How can weather be hazardous?
The global circulation system
Extremes in weather conditions around the world
Tropical storms
Droughts
El Niño and La Niña
Case studies: Natural weather hazard events
2 How do plate tectonics shape our world?
Plate tectonics
Plate boundaries
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Case study: A tectonic hazard event
Impact of technology in hazard zones
Topic 2 Changing climate
3 What evidence is there to suggest climate change is a natural process?
The pattern of climate change
Evidence for climate change
Causes of natural climate change
The natural greenhouse effect
Impacts of climate change worldwide
Impacts of climate change within the UK
Topic 3 Distinctive landscapes
4 What makes a landscape distinctive?
The concept of a landscape
The distribution of landscapes in the UK
The characteristics of landscapes in the UK
5 What influences the landscapes of the UK?
Geomorphic processes
Coastal landforms
River landforms
Case study: A coastal landscape
Case study: A river landscape
Topic 4 Sustaining ecosystems
6 Why are natural ecosystems important?
The concept of an ecosystem
The global distribution and characteristics of biomes
7 Why should tropical rainforests matter to us?
The distinctive characteristics of tropical rainforests
The value of tropical rainforests
Human activities in tropical rainforests
Case study: Sustainable management of an area of tropical rainforest
8 Is there more to polar environments than ice?
The distinctive characteristics of the Antarctic and the Arctic
The impacts of human activity on ecosystems in the Antarctic and the Arctic
Case study: Small-scale sustainable management in the Antarctic and the Arctic
Case study: Global sustainable management in the Antarctic and the Arctic
Part 2: People and society
Topic 5 Urban futures
9 Why do more than half the world’s population live in urban areas?
The global pattern of urbanisation
World cities and megacities
Rapid urbanisation in cities
Urban trends in advanced countries
10 What are the challenges and opportunities for cities today?
Case study: A city in an advanced country
Case study: A city in an emerging developing country
Topic 6 Dynamic development
11 Why are some countries richer than others?
The definition of development and how countries are classified
How development is measured
Factors influencing uneven development
Factors that make it hard for countries to break out of poverty
12 Are LIDCs likely to stay poor?
Economic development in Ethiopia
A model of economic development
Sustainable Development Goals
Wider political, social and environmental factors affecting Ethiopia’s development
International trade
The role of TNCs
Aid and debt relief
Development strategies
Topic 7 The UK in the twenty-first century
13 How is the UK changing in the twenty-first century?
The characteristics of the UK
Population trends and the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
The UK’s ageing population
Population change in a named place: Boston, Lincolnshire
Economic changes in the UK
UK economic hubs
The changes in one economic hub
14 Is the UK losing its global significance?
The UK’s role in political conflict
Case study: The UK’s political role in one global conflict
The UK’s media exports
Contribution of ethnic groups to the cultural life of the UK
Topic 8 Resource reliance
15 Will we run out of natural resources?
Supply and demand of food, water and energy
How environments and ecosystems are modified by humans
16 Can we feed 9 billion people by 2050?
Food security and the factors which influence it
World patterns of food access
Malthusian and Boserupian theories
Case study: Food security
Sustainable strategies to achieve food security
Part 3: Fieldwork and geographical exploration
17 Geography fieldwork
18 Geographical exploration
Index
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