Specification

AS 1: Physical Geography (including fieldwork skills)

Section A

• Fieldwork investigation
  – summary fieldwork report
  – table of data
  

Section B

• Processes and features in fluvial environments
• Human interaction with the fluvial environment
• The ecosystem as an open system
• Plant succession
• Human interaction with ecosystems
• Atmospheric processes
• Mid-latitude weather systems
• Extreme weather events

AS: 2 Human Geography (including skills and techniques)

Section A

This section covers skills and techniques for data processing including:

• Maps
• Graphs
• Sampling Techniques
• Statistical analysis

Section B

• Population data
• Population structure
• Population and resources
• Challenges for rural environments
• Planning issues in rural environments
• Challenges for the urban environment
• The nature and measurement of development
• Issues of development

A2: 1 Human Geography and Global Issues

Section A: Human Geography
Students must complete two of the following options:

Option A: Impact of population change

• Natural population change
• Migration: causes, streams and impacts
• Population policies

Option B: Planning for sustainable settlements

• Sustainable development
• Urban land use and planning in relation to sustainability
• Traffic and transport

Option C: Issues in ethnic diversity

• The definition of ethnicity
• The processes which create and maintain ethnic diversity
• Ethnic conflict

Section B: Global Issues

• Air pollution including the climate change/global warming debate
• Nuclear energy including the nuclear debate
• Agricultural change and its impact including the GM crops debate
• Issues in tourism including the ecotourism debate

A2: 2 Physical Geography and Decision-Making

Section A: Physical Geography Students must complete two of the following options:

Option A: Fluvial and coastal environments

• Human demands on fluvial and coastal environments
• River and basin management strategies
• Coastal processes, features and management

Option B: The nature and sustainability of tropical ecosystems

• Location and climatic characteristics of major tropical biomes
• Ecosystem processes in the tropical rainforest environment
• Management and sustainability within tropical ecosystems

Option C: The dynamic earth

• Plate tectonics and resulting landforms
• Volcanic activity and its management
• Earthquake activity and its management

Section B: Decision-making exercise

• Case study
• Students are presented with a variety of resources and are asked to take on a particular role