AS/A2 Geography
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The following links have been organised according to the syllabus that you are following (Edexel Geography A).
| Advanced Subsidiary Units (AS) | ||||||||||
| Unit 1: Physical Environments 6461 | ||||||||||
| Earth Systems | Fluvial Environments | Coastal Environments | ||||||||
| Unit 2: Human Environments 6462 | ||||||||||
| Population Characteristics | Settlement Patterns | Population Movements | ||||||||
| Advanced GCE Units (A2) | ||||||||||
| Unit 4: Physical Systems, Processes and Patterns 6464 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric Systems | Glacial Systems | Ecosystems | ||||||||
| Unit 5: Human Systems, Processes and Patterns6465 | ||||||||||
| Economic Systems | Rural-Urban Interrelationships | Development Processes | ||||||||
| Unit 6: Synoptic: People and their Environments 6466 | ||||||||||
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 | Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Activity (General) |
| Intrusive Igneous Landforms |
| Extrusive Igneous Landforms |
| Weathering Processes and Landforms |
Plate Tectonics and Tectonic Activity (General)
Plate Tectonics in more detail
On-line lesson on Plate Tectonics
Hotspots and the formation of the Hawaiian Islands
Why do Volcanoes Explode? (BBC News Article)
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Worldwide Earthquake Locator (Edinburgh Earth Observatory)
Animations and links related to tectonics and Earthquakes
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Dartmoor National Park Authority
Isle of Arran Case Study (St Ivo Geography Department)
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Lava Plateaus and Flood Basalts
Calderas and Caldera Formation
Case Study - The Cascade Range (St Ivo Geography Department)
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Fundamentals of Physical Geography: Weathering
Weathering (notes on weathering processes)
Information about the Yorkshire Dales
Michigan Karst Conservancy Group Home Page
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Rivers (General)
Water Resources of the United States
A Journey down the Los Angeles River
Ramsar Wetland Sites in the UK
Flooding
Mozambique Floods: BBC News Article and News Unlimited Article
Coastal Geography of the British Isles
UK Coastal Habitats threatened by Sea Level Rise
North Norfolk Coastal Management Information for Students
Some Images of Coastal Protection at Overstrand
Photographs of Coastal Management at Overstrand
Overstrand Resources (St Ivo Geography Department)
Erosion at the Holderness Coast (aerial photography overlays)
Cairo Conference on Population and Development
PopNet: Global Population Information
US Census Bureau: World Population Information
The China Population Information and Research Centre
The Official UK Government Site
World Overpopulation Awareness
Watch the World's Population Grow (population clocks for the US and the UK, explanatory notes are available)
The Population Institute (An organisation Increasing awareness of the consequences of rapid population growth)
Population and Migration News Articles (BBC) **very comprehensive
CHINA's ONE CHILD POLICY LINKS:
China's One Child Rule (About.com)
China steps up One Child Policy (BBC News)
China's One Child Policy enters a New Phase (People and Planet.net)
A Generation of Little Emperors (TIME)
Chinese are Happily breaking the One Child Rule (New York Times)
China's Population Pyramids - Projections
China fears crime wave of one-child generation
China to relax disastrous One-Child Policy
Chinese town expels 906 families for overbreeding
Defector reveals the horror China's One Child Law
Interactive Land Use Model (St Ivo Geography Department)
Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow
International Organisation for Migration
National Statistics (Population and Migration)
Migration Theory (including Ravenstein and Lee)
Migration and Workplace Statistics
North-South Migration 'a myth'? (A BBC News Article)
Migration: An economic and social analysis
Global Migration Data Centre (Includes migration data from several global organisations and governments and allows you to generate tables of data and create graphs.)
Migration Information Source (Migration data is available from which graphs can be generated for selected countries. It also provides profiles of selected countries. The site allows global analysis of international migration and refugee trends)
International Migration - a summary
The state of the world's refugees
Meteosat, Nottingham University
Climate Research Unit (University of East Anglia)
The UK Weather Information Service
Hurricane Andrew - US Hurricane Centre Report
The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NoAA) Hurricane main page
The US NOAA Climate Predication Centre Site
Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Centre
Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Glaciers)
U-shaped Valleys and Truncated Spurs
Animated Glacial Processes (Wycombe High School) ***highly recommended!
Biome Resource Page (Links page)
Amazonia Net - Amazonian Deforestation
Soil Animations (Wycombe High School) ***Highly Recommended
The Western Hemisphere and the rise of Global Trading Blocs
Employment Structures in the UK
Rural-urban interrelationships
Lessons from the Green Revolution
United Nations Cyberbus - issues and problems of Urbanisation
The Cambridge Green-Belt (includes information on the future of the greenbelt, as well as looking at National Policy and the local plan)
South Cambridgeshire - Development Plan - The Cambridge Green Belt
Countryside in Crisis - A Special Report from Guardian Unlimited (An overview of the problems facing rural areas, including increasing poverty and lack of services such as transport, education and healthcare - this includes many links to news stories related to the issues involved.)
Second Homes ban urged in popular country areas (Guardian Unlimited Newspaper Article)
Second Homes may be liable for full council tax (Guardian Unlimited News Article)
The Rural White Paper - Our Countryside: The Future A Fair deal for Rural England (The Full Paper) (From the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Summary of the Rural White Paper - Our Countryside: The Future A Fair Deal for Rural England (From the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
United Nations Development Programme
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Worldaware (promoting understanding of development issues)
Department for International Development
Synoptic Link
6.1 Physical Environments Influence Human Activity
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Earthquake Mitigation
Earthquake Maps and Information about the San Andreas Fault
The Quake the Shook Turkey (BBC News Report)
Federal Emergency Management Agency Fact Sheet - What to do before and after a hurricane
South East Asia Quake in Depth (BBC News)
| World-wide Earthquake Locator (Edinburgh Earth Observatory) |
Asian Tsunamis 2004 In Depth (BBC News) (With links to major news stories related to the quake / tsunamis disaster).
6.2 Human Activities modify physical environments
The US Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming Site
The Union of Concerned Scientists Global Warming Site