Unit 1: Living with the physical environment

Section A: The challenge of natural hazards

Natural hazards
Natural hazards

Tectonic hazards
Tectonic Plates
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Earthquakes - Effects and responses
Volcanoes - Effects and responses
Tectonic hazards - examples
Living with tectonic hazards

Weather hazards
Global atmospheric circulation
Tropical storms
Tropical storms - effects and responses
UK weather hazards
Extreme UK weather - example

Climate change
Climate change - the evidence
Climate change - causes
Effects of climate change
Managing climate change

Section B: The living world

Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Global ecosystems

Tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests - biodiversity
Tropical rainforests - adaptations
Tropical rainforests - deforestation
Deforestation - case study
Tropical rainforests - sustainable management

Hot deserts
Hot deserts
Hot deserts - biodiversity
Hot deserts - adaptations
Development in hot deserts - case study
Desertification

Cold environments
Cold environments - tundra and polar
Cold environments - biodiversity
Development in cold environments - case study
Cold environments - sustainable management

Section C: Physical landscapes in the UK

The UK physical landscape
The UK physical landscape

Coastal landscapes in the UK
Coastal weathering and erosion
Coastal landforms caused by erosion
Coastal transportation and deposition
Coastal landforms caused by deposition
Identifying coastal landforms
UK coastal landscape - example
Coastal management strategies
Coastal management - example

River landscapes in the UK
The river valley
Erosion, transportation and deposition
River landforms - erosion
River landforms - meanders
River landforms - deposition
Identifying river landforms
UK river landscape - example
River discharge and flooding
Hard vs soft engineering
Flood management - example

Glacial landscapes in the UK
Glacial erosion
Glacial landforms
Glacial deposition
Identifying glacial landforms
UK glacial landscape - example
Land use in glacial landscapes
Tourism in glacial landscapes
Tourism in glacial landscapes - example

Unit 2: Challenges in the human environment

Section A: Urban issues and challenges

Urban issues and challenges
Urbanisation
Urban growth - opportunities and challenges
Urban growth - case study
UK cities
Change in UK cities
Change in UK cities - case study
Sustainable urban living
Traffic management

Section B: The changing economic world

The changing economic world
Measuring development
Economic development
Development and the DTM
Causes of uneven development
Reducing the global development gap
Increasing development - tourism
Increasing development - TNCs
Economic development in India
Economic development in the UK

Section C: The challenge of resource management

Resource management
Global distribution of resources
Food in the UK
Managing the UK's water
Energy in the UK

Food
Global demand for food
Food insecurity
Increasing food production
Sustainable food supply

Water
Global demand for water
Water insecurity
Increasing water supply
Sustainable water supply
Increasing water supply - examples

Energy
Global demand for energy
Energy supply
Increasing energy supply
Sustainable energy
Increasing energy supply - examples

Unit 3: Geographical applications

Section A: Issue evaluation

Issue evaluation
Issue evaluation

Section B: Fieldwork

Fieldwork
Fieldwork
Analysing and concluding
Evaluating

Geographical skills
Answering questions
Labelling
Comparing
Maps
Ordnance Survey maps
Charts and graphs
Statistics

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AQA GCSE Geography Topics