Geography - Geography



10B 2013 Case Study List

1.1 Population Dynamics:

• China – One Child Policy (Key Geog pg 138, New Wider World pg 13 & 15 and handout)

• Italy (Key Geog pg 140, New Wider World pg 15 and handout, )

• HIV/Aids in Africa Case Study (Homework and handout, , )

1.2 Settlement :



• MEDC: London (Key Geog pg 162-163, 168 – 169, New Wider World pg 48 – 49, 60 – 61, )

• MEDC2: Osaka – Kobe ( New Wider World pg 70 – 73)

• LEDC: Sao Paolo (New Wider World pg 82 – 83, Key Geog pg 186, ,

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• LEDC2: Rio de Janerio (New Wider World pg 86 – 87, , )

2.1 Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes:

• LEDC: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (Class Notes, , , , )

• MEDC: Kobi, Japan (New Wider world pg 270 – 271)

Volcanoes:

• Mt. St. Helen’s (New Wider World pg 266 – 267, )

2.2 Landforms and Landscape Process

Rivers:

• River Processes: River Tordera, Spain (notes from trip, )

• Flooding LEDC : The Ganges River, Bangladesh (Key Geog pg 22 – 25, New Wider World pg 288 – 289, , )

• Flooding MEDC: The River Carlise, UK (Key Geography pg 18 – 21, New Wider World pg 286 – 287, )

Coasts:

• Dorset Coast, England, UK (New Wider World pg 304 – 309)

• Coral Reefs: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (handout and homework)

• Coral Reefs 2: Kenya Tourism Case Study

2.3 Weather Climate and Natural Vegetation

• Effects and Causes of Hurricanes: Hurricane Katrina (handout, , )

• LEDC vs MEDC: Hurricane Andrew (Florida – MEDC) vs Hurricane Mitch (Central America – LEDCs) (New Wider World pg 217, )

• Tropical Rainforests: Madagascar (classwork, scanned copy of book, , )

• Tropical Rainforests 2: Amazon (Key Geog pg 118-121, New Wider World pg 236-237, Handout)

• Deserts and Desertification: Sahel (scanned copy of the book, Key Geog pg 126-127)

2.4 Inter-relationships between the natural environment and human activities

Lots of case studies that you did in other topics can be also used in this topic eg:

• Kenyan Case Study on tourism

• Coral Reefs

• Congo Fuel Wood Case Study

• Impacts of Fossil Fuels: Global Warming

• Settlement Case Studies (both LEDC and MEDC)

• Impacts of Transporting/using Oil: Alaskan Oil Spill

• Flooding MEDC: The River Carlise, UK

• Tropical Rainforest Deforestation

• Desertification in the Sahel

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3.1 Agricultural Systems

• Commercial Farming in Denmark (New Wider World pg 102 -103)

• Subsistence Rice Farming in the Lower Ganges (New Wider World pg 112-113, )

3.2 Industry:

• Iron and Steel Industries in South Wales (Key Geography pg 214 – 215, New Wider World pg 138 – 139)

• Burnaston Nissan Car Factory, England, UK. (Key Geography pg 216 -217)

3.3 Leisure Activities and Tourism

• Tourism in MEDCs: Costa Del Sol (New Wider World pg 164- 165)

• Toursim in LEDCS & Eco-tourism: Kenya (New Wider World pg 170-171, Key Geog pg 240 – 243, , , )

3.4 Energy and Water Resources

Energy

• Alaskan Oil (Key Geog pg 255 – 257, New Wider World pg 128 – 131, handout)

• Beauly to Denny Powerline (hand out and homework)

• Fuelwood in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Handout, , )

• Global Warming (Classwork, New Wider World pg 218 – 221, Key Geog 104 -105)

Water

• Lesotho Highlands project (Classwork, , )

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