This revised course is designed to help your students develop the abilities required to achieve exam success for the new WJEC GCSE Geography Specification B.- Develop students' geographical investigative and analytical skills with activities that use real-place data, maps, photographs and ICT resources- 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 environment2. Physical processes and relationships between people and environment3. Uneven development and sustainable environments.ContentsTheme 1 - Challenges of Living in a Built EnvironmentChapter 1: Variation in quality of life and access to housingChapter 2: Access to services and changing service provisionChapter 3: UrbanisationChapter 4: Planning issues in built environmentsChapter 5: Rural change and planning issuesTheme 2 - Physical Processes and Relationships between People and EnvironmentsChapter 1: Weather and climateChapter 2: EcosystemsChapter 3: The issue of desertificationChapter 4: River processes and landformsChapter 5: Coastal processes and coastal managementTheme 3 - Uneven Development and Sustainable EnvironmentsChapter 1: Employment structures and opportunitiesChapter 2: The location of economic activitiesChapter 3: Economic activity and the environmentChapter 4: DevelopmentChapter 5: Development issues and waterChapter 6: InterdependenceGlossaries also available online at Vocab Express, an interactive learning application.Visit www.vocabexpress.co.uk/hodder for more information.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Wjg .

There are 288 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Hodder Education .

Andy Leeder is a senior examiner and Principal Moderator for Controlled Assessment for the WJEC B Specification. Glyn Owen is Head of Geography at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham and Principal Examiner for the WJEC A Specification.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction 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 Glossary Index