Dynamic Landscape Notes - Edexcel A-Level Geography

Revise the entire Dynamic Landscapes / Tectonic Processes and Hazards topic for Edexcel A-Level Geography with detailed, exam-ready notes written specifically for A-level students.
The notes explain the global distribution of earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, different plate boundaries and intra-plate activity, as well as key theoretical frameworks such as plate tectonics, mantle convection, palaeomagnetism, seafloor spreading, slab pull and subduction.

You’ll find clear breakdowns of processes at convergent, divergent, collision and transform margins, and how these control the nature of volcanic eruptions and earthquake characteristics. The notes also cover primary and secondary hazards in depth, including ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, ash, gas, lahars, jökulhlaups and tsunami generation, with strong links to hazard profiles and exam terminology.

There is full coverage of risk, vulnerability and resilience using models such as the Degg model, Pressure and Release (PAR) model, hazard-risk equation, hazard profiles, the Hazard Management Cycle and Park’s Model, plus detailed case studies including Soufrière Hills, Haiti, Tohoku 2011, Christchurch 2011, Eyjafjallajökull 2010, Kilauea and the Philippines as a multiple-hazard zone.

Development and governance, trends in tectonic disasters, mega-disasters and hydrometeorological linkages are also clearly explained for higher-level evaluation answers.

Finally, the notes walk through mitigation and adaptation strategies (modifying the event, vulnerability and loss), with applied examples of land-use zoning, building design, monitoring, education, community preparedness, tsunami defences, aid and insurance, all framed to help you write strong 9- and 20-mark responses.

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