L6th Revision

Produce one form of presentation for each of the following themes.

Use my website, the revision web page, the Geogonline website, or your notes to help you.

Ideas for presentations: an A4 page, a mind map, one ppt slide, a webpage. Each presentation should be distinctive and very easy to look at for final revision.

Case Studies in green - you will find links to most on my website.

Tectonics:

1. Patterns of Plates
2. Processes and landforms at plate boundaries
3. Hazards & impacts at plate boundaries (Kent Earthquake click here, Pakistan 2005)
4. Perception & Management of hazards (Kobe, Asian Tsunami & Santorini click here)
5. Global impact of hazards click here
6. Evaluation of effectiveness of strategies (Montserrat click here)

Hydrology:

1. The hydrological processes associated with drainage basins?  Inputs/outputs, physical/human influences on river regimes/hydrographs (R. Severn, R Wye & deforestation)
   
2. The causes and consequences of flooding?  Physical/human causes, the relative importance of these factors, physical/demographic/economic impacts of flooding (Tewsksbury, Bangladesh)
   
3. Perception and management of flood hazard within a drainage basin?  Differing perceptions and awareness of flooding, strategies to manage flooding and their effectiveness.  (Cowbridge, Llanblethian)
   

Climate Change

1. World's major climates and their biomes (Learn ONE Biome in detail)
2. Short term and long term climate change (Key issues click here) (El Nino, Milankowitch Cycle)
3. The causes of climate change
4. Issues resulting from climate change (Innuit click here)
5. Strategies used to address climate change click here
6. Evaluation of attempts to reduce climate change (Barcelona - a sustainable city)

Population

1. Demographic transition model
2. Demographic features of Burkina Faso, China, UK, and Italy
3. Different types of migration and impacts on the country migrants are leaving and on host country - economic, political, forced, voluntary etc (Poles to UK  click here  Poles to Maryport click here)
4. What are the issues of the migration of refugees and asylum seekers? Causes, impacts, housing, repatriation, attitudes click here
5. What are the causes and impacts of changing gender structures? eg China, Italy click here
6. What are the demographic challenges facing countries? Aging click here (Japan)/AIDS (Uganda)/policies (China)

Urban

1. What are the distinctive features of settlements?  Cities/towns/villages, urban-rural continuum, perception
   
2. How does the social and cultural structure of settlements vary and why? intra-urban migration, counterurbanisation, re-urbanisation, student ghettos, commuter villages etc.    (Ghetto v student districts, Nappy valley, retirement - Bournemouth, Minine settlement Blaenau Gwent)
   
3. What are the issues of the inner city? regeneration  (WREXHAM)
   
4. What are the issues being faced in the CBD? access, pedestrianisation, renewal (WREXHAM)
   
5. How is the rural-urban fringe changing and why?  Greenbelt, bypass, housing/industrial/retail developments  (WREXHAM)
   
6. How are rural settlements changing and why?  2nd homes, commuting, change in rural economy, perception, recreation  (Caerhun)