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Geography (8GE0)
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Free Geography (8GE0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel AS Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Paper 1: Dynamic Landscapes
Paper 2: Dynamic Places
Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards
Global distribution of tectonic hazards
Plate tectonic theory and plate movement
Physical processes causing tectonic hazards
Hazards, vulnerability, resilience and disaster
Tectonic hazard profiles
Development, governance and disaster impact
Trends and patterns of tectonic disasters
Prediction, mitigation and adaptation strategies
Topic 2A: Glaciated Landscapes and Change
Climate change, the cryosphere and ice cover
Periglacial processes and landscapes
Glacial mass balance and glacier systems
Glacier movement and rates of movement
The glacier landform system
Glacial erosional and depositional landforms
Glacial meltwater landforms
Value, threats and management of glaciated landscapes
Geographical skills and fieldwork
Topic 2B: Coastal Landscapes and Change
The littoral zone and geological structure
Lithology, vegetation and rates of coastal recession
Marine erosion and erosional landforms
Sediment transport and depositional landforms
Subaerial processes: weathering and mass movement
Sea level change and changing coastlines
Rapid coastal recession and coastal flooding risk
Coastal management approaches and sustainability
Topic 3: Globalisation
Causes and acceleration of globalisation
Political and economic decision making
Measuring globalisation and switched-off places
The global shift: winners and losers
Economic migration and its consequences
Global culture and cultural erosion
Development gaps and environmental quality
Tensions, localism and ethical concerns
Topic 4A: Regenerating Places
Classifying economies and changing place functions
Past and present connections shaping places
Inequality, perception and lived experience
Evaluating the need for regeneration
Government policy and inward investment
Rebranding and place marketing
Measuring the success of regeneration
Urban and rural stakeholder judgements
Topic 4B: Diverse Places
Population structure and characteristics
Past and present connections shaping places
Perceptions of urban and rural living spaces
Evaluating how people view living spaces
Internal migration, culture and identity
Segregation, diversity and international migration
Managing changes to living spaces
Assessing success and stakeholder views
Geographical skills
Qualitative data and source interpretation
Quantitative and geospatial data (GIS)
Central tendency, dispersion, Lorenz curve and Gini
Statistical tests: t-test, Spearman's rank, Chi-squared
Cartographic and graphical techniques
Sampling, measurement error and misuse of data
Fieldwork, synoptic themes and extended writing
Fieldwork enquiry design and research questions
Primary data collection methods and sampling
Analysis and presentation of fieldwork data
Conclusions, evaluation and sources of error
Synoptic themes: players, attitudes, futures
Command words and 12- and 16-mark answers
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