978-0-00-812422-9 COLLINS CAMBRIDGE AS AND A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY

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ContentsCoral reefsSustainable management of coasts9: Hazardous environmentsHazards resulting from tectonic processesHazards resulting from mass movementsHazards resulting from atmospheric disturbancesSustainable management in hazardous environments10: Hot arid and semi-arid environmentsHot arid and semi-arid climatesLandforms of hot arid and semi-arid environmentsSoils and vegetationSustainable management of hot arid and semi-arid environments11: Production, location and changeAgricultural systems and food productionThe management of agricultural changeManufacturing and related service industryThe management of change in manufacturing industry12: Environmental managementSustainable energy suppliesThe management of energy supplyEnvironmental degradationThe management of a degraded environment13: Global interdependenceTrade flows and trading patternsInternational debt and international aidThe development of international tourismThe management of a tourist destination14: Economic transitionNational developmentThe globalisation of economic activityRegional development within countriesThe management of regional development15: Geographical skillsDiagrams and graphsMapsSatellite images and aerial photographsData typesGlossaryIndexAcknowldegementsKey concepts197–201201–205206–231208–215215–219219–225225–231232–255235–242242–250250–254254–255256–281258–268268–271271–278278–281282–307284–291291–295295–302302–307308–337310–318318–324324–334334–337338–367340–351351–359359–362362–367368–384370–373373–380380–380380–384385–399400–416417–4184194
IntroductionCollins Cambridge A and AS Level Geography Student Book, written by a team of experiencedgeography teachers, is fully matched to the Cambridge A and AS Level Geography syllabus(9696).The book covers all the core syllabus topics, as well as the physical and human geographyoptions. The aim of the book is to help the student obtain the knowledge, understandingand skills to succeed in their geographical studies.Content is accessible and clearly organised, with a student-friendly layout. Content coverageis suitable for the whole range of abilities. Illustrated throughout, it contains a wealth of maps,photographs, graphs, diagrams and info-graphics to support the geographical content. Casestudies and locational examples are included to help provide context and real-life meaning.As well as supporting studies at A Level and helping students to fulfil their potentialin the subject, it is to be hoped that they gain an awareness of some of the wider issues relatedto specific topics. The understanding of current human and environmental problems,the processes at work that create them and their possible solutions form the basisof geographical study. In order to do this effectively, students need to be reading widelyand developing their own local case studies to supplement the examples given in the book.Another important aspect of geographical study at this level is learning about the complexityof many of the topics, namely the inter-relationships between human and physical processes,the concepts of space and time and the impact they have on change within both the physicaland human landscape.The development of a range of geographical skills also underpins A Level Geography andthe value of geography as a subject in today’s world. By undertaking fieldwork, students collectboth primary and secondary data to research an issue, then present and interpret the datausing a range of illustrative and statistical techniques. Finally, they analyse that data to reacha conclusion about the issue under investigation before critically evaluating the methodologythey used. All these techniques are valuable transferable skills to take into higher educationand/or the workplace.5
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