Oxford Revise: Edexcel A Level Geography eBook
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9781382052450
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1 Tectonic processes and hazards
1.1 Plate tectonics
1.2 Earthquakes
1.3 Volcanoes
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1.4 Vulnerability and disasters
1.5 Measuring hazards
1.6 Governance, inequality and natural hazards
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1.7 Mega-disasters and multiple-hazard zones
1.8 Theoretical frameworks to understand hazards
1.9 Hazard management
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2 Glaciated landscapes and change
2.1 Causes of longer and shorter climate change
2.2 Past and present ice cover
2.3 Periglacial processes produce distinctive landscapes
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2.4 Glacial mass balance
2.5 Movement of glaciers
2.6 The glacier landform system
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2.7 Glacial erosional processes and landforms
2.8 Glacial depositional processes and landforms
2.9 Glacial meltwater processes and landforms
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2.10 Value of glaciated landscapes
2.11 Threats to glaciated landscapes
2.12 Managing glaciated landscapes
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3 Coastal landscapes and change
3.1 The coast and wider littoral zone
3.2 Geology and other factors in the development of coastal landscapes
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3.3 Coastal erosion processes and landforms
3.4 Transport and deposition
3.5 Subaerial processes
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3.6 Sea level change
3.7 Causes of coastal flooding
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3.8 Impacts of coastal flooding
3.9 Hard and soft engineering
3.10 Coastal management
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4 Globalisation
4.1 Explaining globalisation
4.2 Key players in globalisation
4.3 Levels of globalisation
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4.4 Impacts of globalisation
4.5 Migration
4.6 Global culture
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4.7 The development gap
4.8 Tensions over globalisation
4.9 Ethics and environmental concerns
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5 Regenerating places
5.1 Classifying economies
5.2 Changing places
5.3 Influences on changing places
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5.4 Social and economic inequalities
5.5 Variations in lived experience of places
5.6 Evaluating the need for regeneration
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5.7 UK government policies for regeneration
5.8 Local government policies
5.9 Rebranding
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5.10 Assessing the success of regeneration
5.11 Judging success of urban regeneration
5.12 Judging the success of rural regeneration
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6 Diverse places
6.1 Changing populations
6.2 Population characteristics vary from place to place and over time
6.3 Past and present connections shape demographics
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6.4 Perceptions of urban places
6.5 Perception of rural places
6.6 Perceptions of your local place
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6.7 UK migration flows
6.8 Impacts of migration
6.9 Tensions and conflict
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6.10 Managing cultural and demographic issues
6.11 Managing change in urban communities
6.12 Managing change in rural communities
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7 The water cycle and water insecurity
7.1 Hydrological cycle
7.2 Drainage basins
7.3 Water budgets
7.4 Storm hydrographs and river regimes
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7.5 Drought
7.6 Flooding
7.7 Climate change
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7.8 Causes of water insecurity
7.9 Consequences of water insecurity
7.10 Managing water insecurity
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8 The carbon cycle and energy security
8.1 The carbon cycle
8.2 Carbon sequestration
8.3 Balancing the carbon cycle
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8.4 Energy security
8.5 Fossil fuels
8.6 Alternatives to fossil fuels
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8.7 Threats to the carbon and water cycles
8.8 Threats to human wellbeing
8.9 Future uncertainties, risks and responses
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9 Superpowers
9.1 Defining superpowers
9.2 Changing patterns of power
9.3 Emerging superpowers
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9.4 The global economy
9.5 International decision-making
9.6 Superpowers and the environment
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9.7 Contested global influences
9.8 Superpowers and developing nations
9.9 Challenges facing superpowers
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10 Health, human rights and intervention
10.1 Human development
10.2 Health and life expectancy
10.3 The role of governments and IGOs
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10.4 Human rights laws and agreements
10.5 Human rights variations between countries
10.6 Human rights variations within countries
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10.7 Geopolitical intervention
10.8 Development aid
10.9 Military aid and intervention
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10.10 Measuring the success of geopolitical intervention
10.11 Measuring the success of development aid
10.12 Measuring the success of military and non-military intervention
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11 Migration, identity and sovereignty
11.1 Globalisation and migration
11.2 Causes of migration
11.3 Consequences of migration
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11.4 Nation states
11.5 Nationalism
11.6 Globalisation and global inequality
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11.7 The United Nations
11.8 Financial IGOs
11.9 Environmental IGOs
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11.10 National identity
11.11 Challenges to national identity
11.12 Disunity within nations
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12 Fieldwork and skills
12.1 Fieldwork
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12.2 Representations of geographical information
12.3 Statistical skills
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