Geography case studies.?

Question

What case studies do i need to know for gcse ocr exam?

Answer 1

Unit 1 : People and the Physical Environment

RIVERS

River flooding: Rhine (1995) and Bangladesh (1991 et al)

Boscastle (2004) (contrast to Lynmouth (1952))

Mississippi (1993) - flooding and levees - did they 'cause' the flood ?

River Great Ouse - river management

COASTS

Stretches of coastline which are prone to erosion.

Purbeck Coast, Dorset and Holderness coast, East Yorkshire

Spurn Point

Happisburgh (Heartbreak Homes)

TECTONIC HAZARDS

Volcano: Mount St. Helens (1980), Mt. Ruapehu (1995), Mt. Pinatubo (1991)

Earthquake: Kobe, Gujarat, Loma Prieta (San Francisco), Bam

Unit 2 : People and Places to Live

POPULATION

UK Population Density: be able to suggest why NW Scotland and SE England have contrasting density

Structure: be able to talk about the factors affecting the shapes of Population pyramids for MEDCs and LEDCs. Use website from Population page to produce a selection for your revision.

Strategies to influence Population Growth: China's 'One Child' Policy / Japan and Germany's PRO natalist stance

Causes and consequences of International Migration: USA/Mexico, 'Gastarbeiten' into Germany

SETTLEMENT

LEDC: Rural to Urban migration: Calcutta, Sao Paulo - bustees/favelas

Land Use Zones in a UK Town or City: King's Lynn, London, Leicester, Cambridge  - be able to identify and locate key land uses and house types / ages / tenures / occupancy

Transport problems and measures taken to reduce them: Glasgow, Introduction of CONGESTION CHARGING in London.

Shops and services in and around a town or city: Development of Don Valley, Sheffield and Meadowhall (or Bluewater)

UK: Urban to Rural migration: Second Homes in Norfolk - pros and cons

Unit 3 : People and their needs

ENERGY

Consequences of meeting people's needs for energy: Fuelwood crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, closure of Coalmines in South Wales and Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire coalfields, need for RENEWABLE energy - windfarms

Also links to Effect on Communities as energy budget changes: decline in coal, 'dash for gas' -  decline in coalmining areas

Arguments for and against NUCLEAR POWER

QUALITY OF LIFE

Indicators: be able to define the key indicators of development: Social and Economic

Use GAPMINDER and WORLDMAPPER to explore these further in your own time - it will be worth it !

Rapid Economic Growth: Tiger Economies: South Korea, Taiwan and PACIFIC RIM (not sure whether this will stay in the syllabus for long as all these are changing their rate of growth..) - I suggest you remember the work we did about SINGAPORE

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary examples are needed, although less are needed now than before.

Primary: Commercial Dairy Farming on the Cheshire Plain: Gilbert Hitchen, compared with subsistence farming in Kenya: the Shamba - this can also be compared with commercial estates which are involved with cattle ranching or tea growing (Brooke Bond)

UK Industry: Toyota - location of car plant at Burnaston, Derbyshire

Footloose industries: Cambridge Science Park

Distribution industries: Argos, warehouse location, Amazon distribution warehouse

Tourism: UK tourism - West Norfolk, National Parks ('honeypot' locations such as Castleton and Bowness on Windermere) and the benefits and problems for LEDC locations: Kenya and The Gambia

Economic change and effects on communities: 'multiplier' and 'demultiplier' effects of industrial change

Unit 4 : People and the Environment

LOCAL ENVIRONMENT and the Development of RESOURCES

UK Extracting Raw Materials: Limestone quarrying in the Peak District: Doreen Quarry Queen, Blue Circle cement works near Castleton - Karst scenery is found around Castleton - Hope Valley

MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTS

UK: Land use conflicts in National Parks: Peak District - traffic, farming, landscape, water, energy, tourism etc.

Water Pollution: The North Sea - marine pollution issues (also link with Aral Sea...)

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

UK and EU: Causes and consequences of Acid Rain - a 'forgotten' environmental issue

Answer 2

Um...I need to know National parks like the Lakes & North yorkshire moors

And for paper 2, I think we need to know Volcanoes & Earthquakes in MEDC/LEDC's such as Kobe in Japan and we can even use the one in China for an LEDC

And the Montserrat volcano & Mt.St Helens

Apparantly we have to know examples of aid receiving countries

Hope that helps, our exam is this week coming too ! >_<

Answer 3

the second contributor has said it all (the girl above)

Answer 4

Holderness coast for the fastest eroding coastline in europe

old harry - is an example of a stack

flower growing in holland for - intenstity farming

rio de janiro is an example of shanty towns

eco-tourism-  amazon rainforest

Green belts to stop urban sprawl is the city of York

Arable farming in east angelia

Hill sheep farming in the lake district

tourism- lake district

the list is endless, which topics are you doing?