Our Dynamic World 1: Core Book is written with both Higher and Ordinary level students in mind.

Packed with full-colour diagrams, maps and photographs. Contains plenty of activities which test the student's ability to handle a variety of examination-type questions.

A sample of a completed fieldwork report is presented for the guidance of students, together with advice on handling this essential part of the course.

New syllabus checklist is included for ease of reference.

This book is part of a book series called Our Dynamic World .

There are 332 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Gill .

Patrick O'Dwyer teaches Geography at St Joseph's Secondary School, Doon, Co. Limerick. He has written several textbooks for both Junior and Leaving Certificate students. Barry Brunt, Department of Geography and European Studies, University College, Cork, is well-known to geography teachers for his established textbook Western Europe and also for his unique expertise on regional development within the EU and throughout the world.

This book has the following chapters: Section 1 Earth's Internal Forces and Structures 1 The Tectonic Cycle Section 2 How Rocks are Formed and Changed 2 The Rock Cycle Section 3 How Landforms are Created 3 Landform of Tectonic Activity 4 Understanding Ordnance Survey Maps 5 Understanding Photographs 6 Landforms Influenced by Rock Characteristics 7 Landforms of Denudation 8 Landforms of Isostasy 9 How Humans Interact with the Earth's Processes Section 4 Regions 10 What is a Region? 11 Climatic Regions 12 Physical Regions 13 Administrative Regions 14 Cultural Regions 15 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Cores and Peripheries 16 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Regions of Industrial Decline 17 Urban Regions Section 5 The Dynamics of a Region 18 Ireland: Contrasts Between East and West 19 The Mezzogiorno 20 Norrland 21 India Section 6 The Complexity of a Region 22 Economic, Political and Cultural Activities in Regions 23 Cultural Groups and Political Regions 24 The Future of the European Union Section 7 How Regions Change Over Time 25 Changing Boundaries in Language Regions 26 Urban Growth and City Regions 27 Development and Expansion of the EU 28 Changing Political Boundaries and Cultural Groups Section 8 Fieldwork Investigation 29 Sample Fieldwork Exercise Report