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,
  • 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

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, )