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AQA A-Level Geography

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1.1.1 Systems Concepts in Physical Geography
1.2.1 Global Distribution and Size of Water Stores
1.2.2 Processes Driving Changes in Water Stores
1.2.3 Drainage Basins as Open Systems
1.2.4 Runoff Variation and Flood Hydrographs
1.2.5 Changes in the Water Cycle Over Time
1.3.1 Global Distribution and Size of Carbon Stores
1.3.2 Processes Driving Changes in Carbon Stores
1.3.3 Changes in the Carbon Cycle Over Time
1.3.4 The Carbon Budget and its Global Impacts
1.4.1 Role of Cycles in Supporting Life and Climate
1.4.2 Interactions and Feedbacks Between Cycles
1.4.3 Human Interventions in the Carbon Cycle
1.5.1 Geographical Skills for Water and Carbon Cycles
1.6.1 Tropical Rainforest Case Study
1.6.2 River Catchment Case Study
2.1.1 Systems Concepts and Desert Landscapes
2.1.2 Global Distribution and Characteristics of Deserts
2.1.3 Causes of Aridity
2.2.1 Sources of Energy and Sediment
2.2.2 Aeolian and Fluvial Processes
2.2.3 Water Sources and Fluvial Action
2.3.1 Aeolian and Fluvial Landforms
2.3.2 Processes and Time in Landscape Development
2.4.1 Changes in Desert Extent and Causes of Desertification
2.4.2 Impacts and Future Scenarios
2.5.1 Geographical Skills for Desert Landscapes
2.6.1 Case Study of a Hot Desert Environment
2.6.2 Case Study of Desertification
3.1.1 Systems Concepts and Coastal Landscapes
3.2.1 Coastal Energy Sources and Sediment Cells
3.2.2 Coastal Geomorphological Processes
3.3.1 Erosional and Depositional Landforms
3.3.2 Coastal Wetland Environments
3.3.3 Sea Level Change and Related Landforms
3.3.4 Climate Change and Coastal Environments
3.3.5 Process, Time, Landforms and Landscapes
3.4.1 Coastal Management Strategies
3.5.1 Geographical Skills for Coastal Landscapes
3.6.1 Local Coastal Case Study
3.6.2 Contrasting International Coastal Case Study
4.1.1 Systems Concepts and Glaciated Landscapes
4.2.1 Global Distribution and Characteristics of Cold Environments
4.3.1 Glacial Systems and Ice Dynamics
4.3.2 Glacial, Fluvioglacial and Periglacial Processes
4.4.1 Erosional and Depositional Landforms in Glacial Environments
4.4.2 Fluvioglacial and Periglacial Landforms
4.4.3 Process, Time, and Landscape Relationships
4.5.1 Human Activity and Management in Cold Environments
4.6.1 Geographical Skills for Glacial Landscapes
4.7.1 Local Glaciated Landscape Case Study
4.7.2 Contrasting Glaciated Landscape Case Study
5.1.1 Nature and Perception of Hazards
5.1.2 Human Responses to Hazards
5.2.1 Earth Structure and Tectonic Theory
5.2.2 Plate Margins and Associated Processes
5.2.3 Magma Plumes and Hotspot Theory
5.3.1 Nature and Distribution of Volcanic Hazards
5.3.2 Impacts and Responses to Volcanic Hazards
5.3.3 Case Study: Recent Volcanic Event
5.4.1 Nature and Distribution of Seismic Hazards
5.4.2 Impacts and Responses to Seismic Hazards
5.4.3 Case Study: Recent Seismic Event
5.5.1 Nature and Distribution of Storm Hazards
5.5.2 Impacts and Responses to Storm Hazards
5.5.3 Case Study: Contrasting Storm Events
5.6.1 Nature, Causes and Behaviour of Wildfires
5.6.2 Impacts and Responses to Wildfires
5.6.3 Case Study: Recent Wildfire Event
5.7.1 Case Study: Multi-Hazardous Environment
5.7.2 Case Study: Local Hazardous Setting
6.1.1 Biodiversity and its Decline
6.1.2 Ecosystems and Population Growth
6.2.1 Structure and Function of Ecosystems
6.2.2 Systems Concepts in Ecosystems
6.2.3 Succession and Nutrient Cycling
6.2.4 Environmental Controls and Ecosystem Responses
6.3.1 Concept and Global Distribution of Biomes
6.3.2 Tropical Rainforest Biome
6.3.3 Savanna Grassland Biome
6.4.1 Succession and Climatic Climax in the UK
6.4.2 Human Impacts on Succession
6.5.1 Coral Reefs: Distribution and Characteristics
6.5.2 Threats and Management of Coral Reefs
6.6.1 Characteristics and Adaptations in a Local Ecosystem
6.6.2 Local Ecological Change and Management
6.7.1 Regional Ecological Change Case Study
6.7.2 Local Ecosystem Case Study
7.1.1 Dimensions of Globalisation
7.1.2 Factors in Globalisation
7.2.1 Nature of Interdependence
7.2.2 Issues of Interdependence and Power
7.3.1 Global Trade Patterns and Investment
7.3.2 Trading Relationships and Disparities
7.3.3 Access to Markets and Well-being
7.3.4 Transnational Corporations (TNCs)
7.3.5 Global Trade in a Product
7.3.6 Geographical Consequences of Trade
7.4.1 Norms, Laws, and Institutions
7.4.2 Challenges of Global Governance
7.5.1 Concept and Protection of Global Commons
7.5.2 Antarctica’s Geography and Vulnerability
7.5.3 Threats to Antarctica
7.5.4 Governance and Protection of Antarctica
7.5.5 Geographical Consequences of Governance
7.6.1 Benefits and Costs of Globalisation
7.7.1 Skills for Global Systems and Governance
8.1.1 Concept and Significance of Place
8.1.2 Factors Shaping Place Character
8.2.1 Continuity and Change in Place
8.3.1 Demographic and Cultural Change
8.3.2 External Forces and Place Shaping
8.3.3 Historical and Current Place Connections
8.4.1 Lived Experience and Attachment
8.4.2 Place Meaning and External Agencies
8.4.3 Place Representation in Media and Statistics
8.4.4 Development and Meaning in Places
8.5.1 Skills in Changing Places Theme
8.6.1 Local Place Study
8.6.2 Contrasting Place Study
9.1.1 Global Urbanisation and Trends
9.1.2 Urbanisation Processes and Impacts
9.2.1 Characteristics and Patterns of Urban Form
9.2.2 New Urban Landscapes and the Postmodern City
9.3.1 Urban Inequality and Diversity
9.4.1 Urban Microclimates and Weather
9.4.2 Pollution Control Strategies
9.5.1 Urban Drainage Systems and Impacts
9.5.2 SUDS and Urban River Restoration
9.6.1 Waste Types and Streams
9.6.2 Waste Disposal Methods and Impacts
9.7.1 Urban Environmental Problems and Strategies
9.8.1 Urban Sustainability and Ecological Footprints
9.9.1 Contrasting Urban Area Case Studies
10.1.1 Environmental Context and Population Characteristics
10.2.1 Food Production, Agriculture and the Environment
10.2.2 Climate and Soil Examples
10.2.3 Food Security Strategies
10.3.1 Patterns of Health and Disease
10.3.2 Environmental Influences on Health
10.3.3 Biologically Transmitted Disease
10.3.4 Non-Communicable Disease
10.3.5 Global Health Organisations
10.4.1 Natural Population Change
10.4.2 International Migration
10.5.1 Population-Resource Relationships
10.5.2 Models and Perspectives
10.6.1 Environmental Change and Health
10.6.2 Future Population-Environment Relationships
10.7.1 National Population Change Case Study
11.1.1 Concept and Classification of Resources
11.1.2 Resource Development Over Time
11.1.3 Sustainable Resource Development and EIAs
11.2.1 Global Resource Patterns
11.2.2 Geopolitics of Resources
11.3.1 Sources, Demand and Stress
11.3.2 Physical Geography and Supply
11.3.3 Strategies to Increase Supply
11.3.4 Environmental Impacts of Water Schemes
11.3.5 Managing Water Consumption
11.3.6 Sustainability and Conflict in Water Management
11.4.1 Energy Sources and Demand
11.4.2 Physical Geography and Supply
11.4.3 Globalisation and Geopolitics of Energy
11.4.4 Environmental Impacts of Energy Development
11.4.5 Energy Supply and Demand Strategies
11.4.6 Energy Sustainability Issues
11.5.1 Sources, Reserves and Demand
11.5.2 Physical Geography of Ore Occurrence
11.5.3 Environmental and Sustainability Issues
11.6.1 Future Scenarios for Resource Security
11.7.1 Global or Regional Resource Issues
11.7.2 Local Place-Based Resource Analysis

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