Themes for Geography

Theme 1

Housing/quality of life across a city - Nottingham Retail services - changing shopping in Derby (Westfield) / Meadowhall Access the services - Meadowhall / Access to football stadium in Nottingham A planning issue (Different groups of people) - HS2 Area affected by counter-urbanisation - Carlisle to Braithwaite/Keswick Areas affected by Urbanisation - Lagos, Nigeria Rural area under pressure from visitors - The Lake District

Theme 2

Extreme low pressure event - Hurricane Katrina / Typhoon Mahasen May 2013 Extreme high pressure event / drought - Ethiopia, Somalia Cape Horn, Africa Sustainable use of an ecosystem - processes, benefits for people, impact of human activity and management Area affected by desertification and solutions - Niger and Mali Flooding - River Severn UK 2007 / Mississippi flooding Landform created by river erosion - Mississippi Delta Landform created by coastal erosion - caves, arches, stacks and stumps at Flamborough Head Area affected by coastal erosion and management - The Holderness Coast

Theme 3

Industrial location / MNCs - Nokia / Toyota in Derby / Meadowhall Changing industrial sectors - Meadowhall / Toyota Impacts of industry on the environment - Amazon deforestation / farming - Sahel / desertification Climate change - impacts on Bangladesh / Maldives Water cooperation project - the Mekong and its delta / Lesotho and South Africa (Highlands Water Project) Aid - Haiti earthquake / aid into the Sahel region (long-term and short-term aid - Acacia project, play pump etc)