Comprehensive Overview of EDUQAS B Geography GCSE Curriculum
This content provides an in-depth look at the curriculum for the EDUQAS B Geography GCSE, covering topics such as urbanisation, coastal management, climate change, ecosystems, water resources, and development issues. It explores case studies in global cities, processes in the UK, sustainability, impacts of sports events and tourism, global development, MNCs in LICs, and more.
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What you have covered in class Unit Unit title 1.1 Urbanisation in contrasting global cities 1.2 Urban and rural processes and change in the UK 1.3 A global perspective on development issues 2.1 Coasts and coastal management 2.2 Rivers and river management 2.3 Weather and climate 2.4 Climate Change 3.1 How ecosystems function 3.2 Ecosystems under threat 3.3 Water resources and management 3.4 Desertification
1.1 Urbanisation in contrasting global cities 1.1 Urbanisation in contrasting global cities Sydney: Creating sustainable environments Mumbai: slum clearance housing projects mass transit schemes Where are they? (region, nation, continent, global) Mumbai and Sydney Why did the city grow? Challenges of infrastructure, waste disposal and housing Ways of life: cultural, social and economic
1.2 Urban & rural Processes in the UK 1.2 Urban & rural Processes in the UK Sub - urbanisation Urbanisation Why has retail in CBDs declined? What makes a sustainable urban community? (must mention transport) What changes are happening and why are they happening? Re- urbanisation Counter urbanisation Urban & rural UK (Part 1 Urban) infill Why has ethnic segregation happened in UK cities and how can it be managed? How a city has different zones: CBDs, suburbs, affluent and deprived zones, multi-purpose zones Should you build on brownfield or greenfield sites?
1.2 Urban & rural Processes in the UK 1.2 Urban & rural Processes in the UK What impacts do sporting events have on localities? What are the impacts of tourism on rural honeypot sites? Urban & rural UK (Part 2 Rural) What are the impact of commuters on rural villages? How is technology changing retail?
1.3 A global perspective on development issues 1.3 A global perspective on development issues The impact of 1 short term and 1 long term aid project Why do MNCs locate in LICs What are the advantages and disadvantages of this and globalisation in an LIC? How can we measure development? What is the best way to measure it? Globalisation and developmen t What drives globalisation? How is the UK affected by it? Why have NICs developed? The positive and negative impacts of this to NICs How does global trade work between LICs & NICs? How does fair trade work?
2.1 Coasts and coastal management 2.1 Coasts and coastal management How are these landforms made? Beaches, spits, caves/ arches/ stacks and stumps, wave cut notches and platforms, headlands/ bays and estuaries What different opinions do different stakeholders have about managing the coast? Coasts What are the advantages and disadvantages of different hard and soft engineering strategies? How do people influence coastal processes for economic benefit? How has climate change influenced the coast in an LIC and in a HIC?
2.2 Rivers and river management 2.2 Rivers and river management What are the effects of river floods on different groups of people? How are these landforms made? V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, gorges, meanders, ox bow lakes, floodplains, estuaries What different opinions do different stakeholders have about managing rivers? Rivers What are the advantages and disadvantages of different hard and soft engineering strategies? How are rivers and flooding influenced by people, geology, vegetation and seasons? How can river management affect the river downstream?
2.3 Weather and Climate 2.3 Weather and Climate What causes all the variety in the UK s climate? (inc. latitude, altitude, global circulation, distance from the sea) What are the main features of semi arid and tropical rainforest climates? Weather and Climate The causes, impacts and responses of one High pressure and one low pressure extreme weather event What are the features of global atmospheric circulation and world climate zones?
2.4 Climate Change 2.4 Climate Change What are the effects of climate change on water supplies and wildlife and habitats? What has the climate been like in the quaternary period? Climate Change What are the human and the natural causes of climate change? What different opinions do people have about climate change? What international, government and personal responses have their been to climate change?
3.1 How ecosystems function 3.1 How ecosystems function and and 3.2 Ecosystems under threat 3.2 Ecosystems under threat What are the advantages and challenges of managing the tropical rainforest and semi arid ecosystems? How can they be managed sustainably? Sand dune ecosystem as an example of a small scale ecosystem: what are its characteristics, what benefits does I bing to the local community and how can it be managed? Ecosystems What are the characteristics of the biotic/ abiotic parts, the energy/ nutrient flows, food webs of the semi arid and tropical rainforest ecosystems How do humans use and modify for their advantage? How have humans damaged tropical rainforest and semi arid ecosystems?
3.3 Water Resources and management 3.3 Water Resources and management What are the causes and effects of over abstraction in both HICs and LICs? Why has the demand for water changed over time and place? (population change, modern agriculture, consumerism, consumerism) Water Resources and management What are the international issues of water management of national borders? How has one country dealt with an imbalance of supply and demand for water?
3.4 Desertification 3.4 Desertification How do natural factors cause desertification? (climate, unreliable rain) How do small scale responses desertification work? (magic stones, drip irrigation, drought tolerant crops) Desertification What are the international responses to desertification? What are the human causes of desertification?
