Geography

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Free Geography study notes for Pearson Edexcel IGCSE students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.

River environments (Paper 1)

  • The hydrological cycle and drainage basins

  • Fluvial processes and river landforms

  • Water use, water quality and river flooding

  • River fieldwork enquiry

Coastal environments (Paper 1)

  • Coastal processes and landforms

  • Coastal ecosystems and threats to them

  • Coastal flooding, conflicts and management strategies

  • Coastal fieldwork enquiry

Hazardous environments (Paper 1)

  • Types, distribution and causes of natural hazards

  • Hazard impacts and vulnerability

  • Earthquake preparation, response and long-term planning

  • Hazards fieldwork enquiry

Economic activity and energy (Paper 2)

  • Economic sectors and the location of economic activity

  • Impacts of sector change, informal employment, population and resources

  • Energy gap, energy mix and sustainable energy use

  • Energy use fieldwork enquiry

Rural environments (Paper 2)

  • Biomes, ecosystem goods and services, and farming systems

  • Rural characteristics and rural change

  • Rural diversification, sustainability and management

  • Rural fieldwork enquiry

Urban environments (Paper 2)

  • Urbanisation trends and megacities

  • Urban land use patterns and urban challenges

  • Rural-urban fringe and sustainable urban management

  • Urban fieldwork enquiry

Global issues (Paper 2 Section C)

  • Fragile environments: desertification, deforestation and climate change causes

  • Impacts on and responses for fragile environments

  • Globalisation, trade and drivers of migration

  • Impacts of and responses to globalisation, migration and tourism

  • Defining and measuring development and human welfare

  • Uneven development: consequences and strategies

Geographical skills and enquiry

  • Atlas, map and GIS skills

  • Graphs, charts and data presentation

  • Numerical and statistical skills

  • The geographical enquiry process and evaluation

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