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Globalisation has led to an increase in migration both within countries and among them
Case Study → Rural-Urban Migration within China
Case Study → International Migration Inside the EU-Schengen Area
Case Study → Singapore Migration Policies
The causes of migration are varied, complex, and subject to change
Case Study → Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean
Case Study → Regional Movements in the UK
Case Study → Movements in the EU
The consequences of international migration are varied and disputed
Case Study → Migration Across the Mexico-US Border
Nation states are highly varied and have very different histories
Case Study → Cultural Unity inside Iceland vs Singapore
Case Study → Contested Borders in Rwanda
Case Study → Contested Borders in Ukraine and Russia
Case Study → Taiwan
Nationalism has played a role in the development of the modern world
Case Study → British Raj in India
Case Study → 1960s Wind of Change in Africa (DRC)
Case Study → Vietnam
Globalisation has led to the deregulation of capital markets and the emergence of new state forms
Case Study → Alternative Development in Latin America
Global organisations are not new but have been important in the post-1945 world
Case Study → UN Forces in Congo
IGOs established after the Second World War have controlled the rules of world trade and financial f
Case Study → Jamaica’s Structural Adjustment Programme
Case Study → North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
IGOs have been formed to manage the environmental problems facing the world
Case Study → Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Case Study → Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Case Study → UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Case Study → Helsinki Water Convention Rules
Case Study → Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Case Study → Antarctic Treaty System
National identity is an elusive and contested concept
Case Study → The English Countryside
Challenges to national identity
Case Study → Qatari and Russian Property in London and US or Indian or Chinese ownership of TNCs
There are consequences of disunity within nations
Case Study → Catalonia in the EU
Case Study → Yemen (failed state)
Case Study → Brazil (Disunity)
Globalisation Accelerated by Advances in Transport, Communication, and Business
Political and economic decisions: acceleration of globalisation
Case Study → Open Door policy - China, 1978
Globalisation has affected some places and organisations more than others
Case Study → Switched Off Places - North Korea
The Global Shift Creates Winners and Losers for People and the Environment
Case Study → Global Shift of Manufacturing - China
Case Study → Global Shift of Manufacturing - India
Rising Economic Migration in an Interconnected World: Impacts on People and the Environment
Case Study → Rapid Megacity Growth - Mumbai & Dharavi
Case Study → Migration - India to UAE, Russian Oligarchs
Globalisation Drives the Rise of a 'Western'-Based Global Culture
Case Study → Cultural Diffusion - Athletes at Rio Summer Paralympic Games
Case Study → Cultural Diffusion - Changing Diets in Asia
Case Study → Loss of Tribal Lifestyles - Papua New Guinea
Globalisation Boosts Development for Some, Widening Gaps and Environmental Disparities
Social, political and environmental tensions
Case Study → Rise of Extremism in Europe
Case Study → Trans-Boundary Water Conflicts, Southeast Asia
Case Study → Censorship in China & North Korea
Case Study → Migration Controls in the UK
Case Study → Retaining Cultural Identity - First Nations in Canada
Ethical and Environmental Concerns Drive Localism and Awareness of Consumer Impacts
Case Study → Transition Town - Todmorden
Case Study → Recycling (UK Government Actions)
Coca Cola (EXTRA)
Economies can be classified in different ways and vary from place to place
Places have changed their function and characteristics over time
Case Study → Past and present connections: shaping economic and social characteristics
Economic and social inequalities change people’s perceptions of an area
Case Study → Successful Region - San Francisco Bay Area
Case Study → Unsuccessful Region - Rust Belt (Detroit, Michigan)
Variations in the lived experience of place and engagement with them
Evaluating the need for regeneration
Case Study → Cobham
Case Study → Barnsley
UK government policy decisions play a key role in regeneration
Case Study → FDI in Prime London Real Estate - Kensington Gardens
Local government policies aim to represent areas as being attractive for inward investment
Case Study → Science Park - Cambridge
Case Study → Public/Private Rural Diversification - Powys Regen Partnership
Case Study → Tensions - London Olympics 2012
Rebranding to represent areas as more attractive: changing public perception
Case Study → UK Deindustrialised Cities Rebranding - Liverpool Waters
Case Study → Rural Rebranding Strategies - Kielder Water and Forest Park
Assessing the success of regeneration
Judging the success of urban regeneration
Case Study → Salford Quays
Judging the success of rural regeneration
Case Study → Restructuring a Rural Place - North Antrim Coast
The Global Hydrological Cycle is of Enormous Importance to Life on Earth
The drainage basin is an open system within the global hydrological cycle
Case Study → Humans Disrupting the Drainage Basin, Amazonia
The hydrological cycle influences water budgets and river systems at a local scale
Case Study → Water Budget and Availability Influenced by Climate Type: Tropical, Temperate or Polar
Case Study → Regimes in contrasting river basins (Yukon & Amazon)
Droughts: Causes and impacts
Case Study → Contribution of Human Activity, Increasing Risk of Drought, Sahel Region
Flooding: Causes and Impacts
Case Study → Impacts of Flooding, Summer 2007 UK
Climate change can impact the hydrological cycle globally and locally
There are physical causes and human causes of water insecurity
Case Study → Saltwater Encroachment at Coast, Florida
Case Study → Over Abstraction from Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater Aquifers - North China
Case Study → Water Contamination from Industry, Colorado
Case Study → Industrial Water Pollution, China
There are consequences and risks associated with water insecurity
Case Study → Conflicts over Trans-Boundary Water Sources, River Nile
Different approaches to managing water supply
Case Study → Pros and cons of techno-fix hard engineering, Water transfers in China
Case Study → Value of More Sustainable Schemes, Singapore
Case Study → Integrated Drainage Basin Management for Large Rivers - Colorado Drainage Basin
The coast, and wider littoral zone
Geological structure and the development of coastal landscapes
Case Study → Geological structure - Isle of Purbeck
Rates of coastal recession and stability
Marine erosion creates coastal landforms and landscapes
Sediment transport and deposition creates coastal landforms and landscapes
Case Study → Sediment cell concept - Holderness
Subaerial processes of mass movement and weathering
Sea Level Change Influences the Coastline Over Time
Coastal Retreat
Case Study → The Nile Delta - human actions
Coastal flooding is a significant and increasing risk for some coastlines
Case Study → Bangladesh - flooding in low lying areas
Increasing risks of coastal recession and coastal flooding
Approaches to managing risks associated with coastal recession and flooding
Coastlines are now increasingly managed by holistic integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)
Case Study → Policy decisions - Holderness Coast
The Long-Term Geological Cycle
Biological Carbon Sequestration on Land and in Oceans
Balanced Carbon Cycle Crucial for Earth Systems, Disrupted by Human Activities
The goal of achieving Energy Security
Case Study → Access to and Consumption of Energy, USA and France
Reliance on fossil fuels to drive economic development
Case Study → Energy Pathways, Russia Gas to Europe
Case Study → Development of Unconventional Fossil Fuel Energy - Canada, USA, Brazil
Alternatives to fossil fuels: costs and benefits
Case Study → Renewable & Recyclable Energy - Changing UK Energy Mix
Case Study → Biofuels in Brazil
Biological carbon cycles and the water cycle: threatened by human activity
Case Study → Changing Climates, The Amazon
Implications for human wellbeing: degradation of the water and carbon cycles
Case Study → Increasing Temperatures Affect Evaporation Rates and the Quantity of Water Vapour in th
Planetary Warming Risks Carbon Release, Requiring Multi-Level Responses
The Global Distribution of Tectonic Hazards
Theoretical Frameworks to explain Plate Movements
Causes of Tectonic Hazards
Hazards, Vulnerability, Resilience and Disaster
Tectonic Hazard Profiles: Hazard Impacts, Vulnerability and Resilience
Development and Governance: Disaster Impact and Vulnerability and Resilience
Complex Trends and Patterns for Tectonic Disasters
Case Study → 2010 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Case Study → 2010 Haiti (LIC) earthquake
Case Study → 2008 Sichuan (Emerging) earthquake
Case Study → 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano
Case Study → 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Case Study → Multiple Hazard Zone - Philippines
Theoretical frameworks: predication, impact and management of tectonic hazards
Tectonic hazard management: mitigation and adaptation
Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs)
Geopolitical power stems from a range of human and physical characteristics of superpowers
Patterns of power change over time and can be uni-, bi-, or multi-polar
Emerging powers vary in their influence on people and the physical environment
Superpowers have a significant influence over the global economic system
Superpowers and Emerging Nations Shape Global Decisions on People and the Environment
Global concerns about the physical environment are disproportionately influenced by superpower actio
Global influence is contested in a number of different economic, environmental, and political sphere
Case Study → Arctic Oil & Gas
Case Study → Tensions Over Territory and Physical Resources - South and East China Seas
Case Study → Open Conflict - Russia’s Western Border
Developing nations have changing relationships with superpowers
Case Study → China (China’s Belt and Road Initiative)
Existing superpowers face ongoing economic restructuring, which challenges their power
Explain why globalisation results in cultural erosion in some parts of the world. (4)
Assess the impact of TNCs on creating both winners and losers for people and environments. (12)
Suggest one reason for the pattern of vacant land in Detroit. (3)
Explain why there are different perceptions of an urban area’s attractiveness as a living space. (6)
Evaluate the view that successful urban management for some is likely to be unsuccessful for others.
Explain why different groups would have contrasting views about regenerating vacant land in cities.
Assess the importance of governance in the successful management of tectonic mega-disasters. (12 mar
Explain how meltwater has contributed to the formation of the proglacial features shown. (6)
Explain how the landforms shown in Figure 2B can be used to help reconstruct ice movement. (6)
Explain how the glacial mass balance concept contributes to an understanding of glacial systems. (8)
Evaluate the contribution that changes in sea level make to the formation of coastal landscapes. (20
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