AQA A-Level Geography

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Introduction
Part 1 Physical Geography
	Chapter 1 Water and carbon cycles
		1.1 Systems frameworks and their application
		1.2 The water cycle
		1.3 The carbon cycle
		1.4 Water, carbon, climate and life on Earth
	Chapter 2 Hot desert systems and landscapes
		2.1 Introduction to hot deserts and their margins
		2.2 Systems and processes in hot deserts
		2.3 Arid landscape development in contrasting parts of the world
		2.4 Desertification
		2.5 Quantitative and qualitative skills in hot deserts
	Chapter 3 Coastal systems and landscapes
		3.1 Introduction to coastal systems and landscapes
		3.2 Systems and processes in coastal environments
		3.3 Coastal landscape development
		3.4 Coastal management
		3.5 Quantitative and qualitative skills in coastal landscapes
	Chapter 4 Glacial systems and landscapes
		4.1 Introduction to glacial systems and landscapes
		4.2 The nature and distribution of cold environments
		4.3 Systems and processes in glaciers and glacial landscapes
		4.4 Human occupation and development
		4.5 Quantitative and qualitative skills in glaciated landscapes
	Chapter 5 Hazards
		5.1 The concept of a hazard in a geographical context
		5.2 Plate tectonics
		5.3 Volcanic hazards
		5.4 Seismic hazards
		5.5 Storm (typhoons, hurricanes) hazards
		5.6 Fires in nature
	Chapter 6 Ecosystems under stress
		6.1 Ecosystems and processes
		6.2 Ecosystems and sustainability
		6.3 Marine ecosystems
		6.4 Biomes
Part 2 Human Geography
	Chapter 7 Global systems and global governance
		7.1 Globalisation
		7.2 Global systems
		7.3 International trade and access to markets
		7.4 Global governance
		7.5 The 'global commons'
		7.6 Globalisation critique
	Chapter 8 Changing places
		8.1 The nature and importance of places
		8.2 Changing places: relationships and connections
		8.3 Changing places: meaning and representation
		8.4 Representations of place and the use of quantitative and qualitative sources
		8.5 Place studies
	Chapter 9 Contemporary urban environments
		9.1 Patterns of urbanisation since 1945
		9.2 Urban forms
		9.3 Social and economic issues associated with urbanisation
		9.4 Urban climate
		9.5 Urban drainage
		9.6 Urban waste and its disposal
		9.7 Other contemporary urban environmental issues
		9.8 Sustainable urban development
	Chapter 10 Population and the environment
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 Environment and population
		10.3 Environment, health and well-being
		10.4 Population change
		10.5 Principles of population ecology applied to human populations
		10.6 Global population futures
	Chapter 11 Resource security
		11.1 Resource development
		11.2 Natural resource issues – Energy
		11.3 Natural resource issues – Mineral ores
		11.4 Natural resource issues – Water
		11.5 Water security
		11.6 Energy security
		11.7 Mineral security
		11.8 Resource futures
Part 3 Skills and Fieldwork Investigation
	Chapter 12 Geographical skills and fieldwork
		12.1 Qualitative skills and quantitative skills
		12.2 Specific skills
		12.3 Fieldwork investigation
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Acknowledgements