A-Level Geography Changing Places - Stratford ( and Newham) region case study
Some colleges use Stratford as a major comparative case study, others may use it as a small scale example.
This revision package is a 5 page in depth, statistic full document, ideal for essays and back up information.
AQA A-Level Geography Global Systems and Governance Antarctica as a global common case study.
A 5 page, in depth case study of Antarctica, can be used in the GS&G unit as well as the Water and Carbon cycle unit( a good synoptic link between across units)
This case study can be used as a mini example in 6 or 8 mark questions but is also ideal as an example in essay questions (16 marks)
The essay in the GS&G section of the human paper (A-Level Geog 2019) was based around Antarctica, so it will be used in mocks for next year, and possibly in 2020 exams.
3.2.1.5.1 Antarctica as a global common
An outline of the contemporary geography, including climate, of Antarctica (including the Southern Ocean as far north as the Antarctic Convergence) to demonstrate its role as a global common and illustrate its vulnerability to global economic pressures and environmental change.
Threats to Antarctica arising from:
• climate change
• fishing and whaling
• the search for mineral resources
• tourism and scientific research.
Critical appraisal of the developing governance of Antarctica. International government organisations to include United Nations (UN) agencies such as United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Whaling Commission. The Antarctic Treaty (1959), the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991); IWC Whaling Moratorium (1982) – their purpose, scope and systems for inspection and enforcement.
The role of NGOs in monitoring threats and enhancing protection of Antarctica.
Analysis and assessment of the geographical consequences of global governance for citizens and places in Antarctica and elsewhere to specifically consider how global governance underlies and impacts on students’ and other people’s lives across the globe.
AQA A-Level/GCSE Geography Coastal Systems and Landscapes notes/ revision.
This document is a 29 page revision resource covering the entire Coasts specification for AQA. A lot of the information will be the same for other exam boards, as coasts is very general.
The revision package includes key terms, key systems and processes and some mini examples - such as geomorphological process, landforms, coastal management, sea level rise etc
It can be used to revise from as I did and I achieved an A in A-Level Geography (Aug 2019)
3.1.3.1 Coasts as natural systems
3.1.3.2 Systems and processes
3.1.3.3 Coastal landscape development
3.1.3.4 Coastal management
3.1.3.5 Quantitative and qualitative skills
OCR/ Edexcel/ AQA A level Geography Changing places unit of work, including multiple case studies.
This is an in depth, 19 page document of the Changing Places Making Spaces unit within A-Level Geography.
These revision notes cover the entire CP unit, including mini examples, case studies, key terms and key processes.
The nature and importance of places
Changing places – relationships, connections, meaning and representation
Relationships and connections
economic change and social inequalities
Meaning and representation
AQA A-Level Geography Carbon cycle glossary - 2.5 pages worth of key terms within the carbon cycle.
Very useful for those 4 mark questions, and even in essays when special terminology is required. The ‘effects of a changing carbon budget’ section is not complete, however the terms are there.
AQA A-Level Geography Coastal Landscapes revision glossary/ notes. A detailed 6 page revision pack with key terms and processes all defined, with some mini examples. All the information is here for you!
AQA A-Level Geography factors affecting globalisation unit of work. An 8 page in depth document discussing factors affecting globalisation. Arguably one of the most important topics within the Global Systems & Governance unit .
3.2.1.1 Globalisation
Dimensions of globalisation: flows of capital, labour, products, services and information; global
marketing; patterns of production, distribution and consumption.
Factors in globalisation: the development of technologies, systems and relationships, including financial, transport, security, communications, management and information systems and trade agreements.
A-level Geography - fires in nature Alberta, Canada wildfire case study.
The 3 page in depth case study includes background information on Alberta, causes and consequences of the wildfire, facts and figures and an A-Level evaluation. Very useful for essays!
3.1.5.6 Fires in nature
Nature of wildfires. Conditions favouring intense wild fires: vegetation type, fuel characteristics, climate and recent weather and fire behaviour. Causes of fires: natural and human agency. Impacts: primary/secondary, environmental, social, economic, political. Short and long-term responses; risk management designed to reduce the impacts of the hazard through preparedness, mitigation, prevention and adaptation.
Impact and human responses as evidenced by a recent wild fire event.
AQA A-Level Geography fires in nature unit of work
This 5 page revision pack includes, causes of wildfires, distribution of wildfires, primary/ secondary effects of wildfires and managing fire hazards
3.1.5.6 Fires in nature
Nature of wildfires. Conditions favouring intense wild fires: vegetation type, fuel characteristics, climate and recent weather and fire behaviour. Causes of fires: natural and human agency. Impacts: primary/secondary, environmental, social, economic, political. Short and long-term responses; risk management designed to reduce the impacts of the hazard through preparedness, mitigation, prevention and adaptation.
Impact and human responses as evidenced by a recent wild fire event.
AQA A-Level Geography carbon cycle unit of work revision notes. I updated these revision notes throughout my two years studying for Geography. I achieved an A grade in Geography (August 2019).
These notes are comprehensive, easy to read revision notes ( 9 pages) - I recommend using these notes and putting them into your own words for optimum use!
Global distribution, and size of major stores of carbon – lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere
biosphere, atmosphere.
Factors driving change in the magnitude of these stores over time and space, including flows and transfers at plant, sere and continental scales. Photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion, carbon sequestration in oceans and sediments, weathering.
Changes in the carbon cycle over time, to include natural variation (including wild fires, volcanic activity) and human impact (including hydrocarbon fuel extraction and burning, farming practices, deforestation, land use changes).
The carbon budget and the impact of the carbon cycle upon land, ocean and atmosphere, including global climate.
Factors affecting the water cycle powerpoint - land use change
A-Level Geography
AQA specification - “Changes in the water cycle over time to include natural variation including storm events, seasonal changes and human impact including farming practices, land use change and water abstraction.”
A-level Geography - THREE Coastal landscape case studies ->overseas coastal landscape-The Sundarbans mangrove. A English coastal landscape- Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A coastal landscape management- Sandbanks, Dorset.
THREE coastal case studies, on a 7 page document, can be condensed down. These are in depth, descriptive, statistical case studies, perfect for essays.
(AQA) A-Level Contemporary Urban Environments mini examples. 8 mini examples with other facts and figures for the CUE A-Level Geography course.
The mini examples include: Counter - Urbanisation, Suburbanisation, cultural segregation, urban climate (3), waste management, post modern western city and other facts.
3.2.3 Contemporary Urban Environments AQA A-Level Geography specification
A-level Geography - Global Systems and Governance, global governance and global commons revision notes.
this unit of work pack includes the World Bank, the IMF, the role of the UN and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and principles of the global commons
3.2.1.4 Global governance
The emergence and developing role of norms, laws and institutions in regulating and reproducing
global systems.
Issues associated with attempts at global governance, including how:
• agencies, including the UN in the post-1945 era, can work to promote growth and stability but may also exacerbate inequalities and injustices
• interactions between the local, regional, national, international and global scales are fundamental to understanding global governance.
3.2.1.5 The 'global commons’
The concept of the ‘global commons’. The rights of all to the benefits of the global commons. Acknowledgement that the rights of all people to sustainable development must also acknowledge the need to protect the global commons.
AQA A-Level Geography - Global Systems and Governance unit of work
A 21 page in depth, revision notes for the GS&G topic, Which includes the following:
3.2.1.2 Global systems
Form and nature of economic, political, social and environmental interdependence in the
contemporary world.
Issues associated with interdependence including how:
• unequal flows of people, money, ideas and technology within global systems can sometimes act to promote stability, growth and development but can also cause inequalities, conflicts and injustices for people and places
• unequal power relations enable some states to drive global systems to their own advantage and to directly influence geopolitical events, while others are only able to respond or resist in a more constrained way.
3.2.1.3 International trade and access to markets
Global features and trends in the volume and pattern of international trade and investment
associated with globalisation.
Trading relationships and patterns between large, highly developed economies such as the United States, the European Union, emerging major economies such as China and India and smaller, less developed economies such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia and Latin America.
Differential access to markets associated with levels of economic development and trading agreements and its impacts on economic and societal well-being.
The nature and role of transnational corporations (TNCs), including their spatial organisation, production, linkages, trading and marketing patterns, with a detailed reference to a specified TNC and its impacts on those countries in which it operates.
