A New Introduction to Geography is endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Specification A. The contents are tailored to match the course, and provide a fresh and innovative approach to Geography.

Key features include:

Coverage of the four content units of the specification

Comprehensive advice for revision and exams, plus past exam questions

Certificate of Achievement advice

Comprehensive guidance on coursework and fieldwork

Complete coverage of the use and application of skills in geography

ICT skils incorporated into activities

The book covers plate tectonics, rivers, coasts, population, settlement, the quality of life, economic activities, energy, resource developments and the local encironments, the manatement of environments and the global environment. It emphasizes the links between physical, human and environmental geography and incorporates a variety of resources, including satellite and aerial photographs and maps.

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hodder Education .

John Pallister is research Associate of the Department of Entomology of the American Museum of Natural History. Kathleen Elgin has illustrated scores of books, including How Animals Live Together and Underwater Zoos. John Belfield is a Geography principal examiner with extensive experience of the IGCSE examination. He is involved in training and paper setting for Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). He has worked on the revision of the IGCSE syllabus and produced materials for it. He has 20 years experience of teaching Geography and finished his teaching career as Deputy Headteacher in a large secondary school. The author team, led by Keith Flinders is made up of experienced GCSE examiners, advisers and teachers.

This book has the following chapters: 1 People and the Physical World Plate Tectonics Rivers Coasts Advice 2 People and Places to Live Population Settlement Advice 3 People and their needs The Quality of Life Economic Activities Energy Advice 4 People and the Environment Local Environments The Global Environment Advice