Geographic themes [Paper 1]
Unit Contents
- Geographic theme: Freshwater
- Geographic theme: Food and health
- Geographic theme: Extreme environments
Detailed examples and case studies
Detailed example
- ee.1.1 Global distribution of extreme environments
- ee.1.2 Hot and arid extreme environments
- ee.1.3 Cold / high altitude extreme environments
- ee.3.4 Tourism in extreme environments
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
- fw.3.2 Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality
Case study
- ee.3.1 Mineral extraction in cold environments - Oil extraction in northern Alaska
- ee.3.2 Mineral extraction in arid environments - Uranium extraction in Niger
- ee.4.1 Desertification
- ee.4.2 Increasing competition for access - Oil extraction in northern Alaska
- fh.3.4 Famine
- fh.4.1 Solutions to food insecurity
- fh.4.3 Ebola - Managing the disease and pandemic
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
- fw.4.2 Multipurpose dams
- fw.4.3 Integrated drainage basin management - The Murray-Darling Basin
- fw.4.4 Wetlands
Places explored
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Northern America
- ee.1.1 Global distribution of extreme environments
- ee.1.2 Hot and arid extreme environments
- ee.1.3 Cold / high altitude extreme environments
- ee.2.2 Periglacial landscapes
- ee.2.3 Hot and arid landscapes
- ee.3.1 Mineral extraction in cold environments - Oil extraction in northern Alaska
- ee.4.4 Global climate change in extreme environments
- fh.1.2 The nutrition transition
- fh.4.1 Solutions to food insecurity
- fh.4.2 Contemporary approaches to food production
- fw.2.1 Flood risk within a drainage basin
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
- fw.3.2 Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality
- fw.3.3 Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers
- fw.4.4 Wetlands
Eastern Asia
South-eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Western Asia
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
Australia and New Zealand
Approaches
Artificial intelligence
Note taking frame
- ee.1.1 Global distribution of extreme environments
- ee.2.1 Glacial landscapes
- ee.2.2 Periglacial landscapes
- fh.1.1 Global patterns in nutrition indicators
- fh.1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
- fh.3.4 Famine
- fh.4.2 Contemporary approaches to food production
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
- fw.3.3 Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
- fw.4.1 Participation of local communities to improve water management
- fw.4.2 Multipurpose dams
Photography
Podcast
- ee.1.4 Changing distribution of extreme environments over time
- ee.4.1 Desertification
- ee.4.4 Global climate change in extreme environments
- fh.1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
- fh.3.2 The influence of TNCs in shaping food consumption habits
- fh.3.4 Famine
- fh.4.2 Contemporary approaches to food production
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.3.3 Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
- fw.4.1 Participation of local communities to improve water management
- fw.4.2 Multipurpose dams
- fw.4.3 Integrated drainage basin management - The Murray-Darling Basin
- fw.4.4 Wetlands
Visual stimulus
- ee.1.1 Global distribution of extreme environments
- ee.1.2 Hot and arid extreme environments
- ee.1.3 Cold / high altitude extreme environments
- ee.1.4 Changing distribution of extreme environments over time
- ee.3.1 Mineral extraction in cold environments - Oil extraction in northern Alaska
- ee.3.4 Tourism in extreme environments
- ee.4.4 Global climate change in extreme environments
- fh.1.1 Global patterns in nutrition indicators
- fh.1.2 The nutrition transition
- fh.1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
- fh.1.4 The disease continuum and the implications of a global ageing population
- fh.2.1 The merits of a systems approach
- fh.2.2 Variations in food consumption
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
- fh.3.3 Gender roles related to food and health
- fh.4.3 Ebola - Managing the disease and pandemic
- fw.1.2 River discharge and hydrographs
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.4.3 Integrated drainage basin management - The Murray-Darling Basin
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