PAPER 1: Global Geographical Issues |
Component 1 |
Time: 1 hour 30 mins
Marks: 94 in total 37.5% of your final mark |
Component 1 Global Geographical Issues
Have you ever wondered: - How does the world's climate system work, and why is climate change becoming such a hazard? - What causes extreme weather events and tectonic hazards? - Why is the world unequal, how can inequality be reduced, and how are some countries managing to develop rapidly? - Where the world's fastest growing cities are, and how they can be made better places to live? |
Section A: Hazardous Earth
Includes: -The global atmospheric circulation - how the world's climate system functions, and why and how climate changes. - A detailed study of tropical cyclones: an extreme weather hazard. - A detailed study of tectonic activity, and how the associated hazards can be managed in different locations. |
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Section B: Development Dynamics
Includes: - Looking at the scale of global inequality in terms of development, and how inequality can be reduced. - Investigating the factors that hinder development in some of the world's poorest countries. - A detailed study of how one country is developing, and the impacts this has on people, the environment and the country's relationship with the wider world. |
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Section C: Challenges of an Urbanising World
Includes: -An overview of rapid urbanisation and how this varies around the world. It looks a the causes of rapid urban change and the challenges this creates. -A detailed study of a megacity in a developing or emerging country, and quality of life within the megacity. |
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The Unit in 20 videos here!
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