GCSE Geography for WJEC B

– Provides case studies of real places at different scales and at different levels of development

– Extends students’ learning and helps them to research geography in greater depth with ‘Going Further’ information and activities

– Encourages students to use their understanding of geographical processes and patterns to predict what might happen in the future with ‘Geography Futures’

WJEC Specification B is a direct development of the popular Avery Hill course and retains its issue-based, investigative approach to geography. It is based around three themes:

1. Challenges of living in a built environment

2. Physical processes and relationships between people and environment

3. Uneven development and sustainable environments.

Contents



Theme 1 – Challenges of Living in a Built Environment

Chapter 1: Variation in quality of life and access to housing

Chapter 2: Access to services and changing service provision

Chapter 3: Urbanisation

Chapter 4: Planning issues in built environments

Chapter 5: Rural change and planning issues

Theme 2 – Physical Processes and Relationships between People and Environments

Chapter 1: Weather and climate

Chapter 2: Ecosystems

Chapter 3: The issue of desertification

Chapter 4: River processes and landforms

Chapter 5: Coastal processes and coastal management

Theme 3 – Uneven Development and Sustainable Environments

Chapter 1: Employment structures and opportunities

Chapter 2: The location of economic activities

Chapter 3: Economic activity and the environment

Chapter 4: Development

Chapter 5: Development issues and water

Chapter 6: Interdependence

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