2019 IB DP Geography
Unit Contents
- Geographic themes [Paper 1]
- Core: Global change [Paper 2]
- Higher Level: Global interactions [Paper 3]
- Being a DP Geographer
- IB DP Geography Internal Assessment
- Exam preparation
- IB DP Geography Extended Essay
geographyalltheway.com provides a complete IB DP Geography course for the 2019 syllabus:
- Unit 1: Changing population
- Unit 2: Global climate - vulnerability and resilience
- Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security
- Unit 4: Power, places and networks
- Unit 5: Human development and diversity
- Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
- Geographic theme: Freshwater
- Geographic theme: Extreme environments
- Geographic theme: Food and health
IB DP Geography is a dynamic subject firmly grounded in the real world, and focuses on the interactions between individuals, societies and physical processes in both time and space. It seeks to identify trends and patterns in these interactions. It also investigates the way in which people adapt and respond to change, and evaluates actual and possible management strategies associated with such change.
IB DP Geography describes and helps to explain the similarities and differences between different places, on a variety of scales and from different perspectives.
IB DP Geography as a subject is distinctive in its spatial dimension and occupies a middle ground between social or human sciences and natural sciences. The course integrates physical, environmental and human geography, and students acquire elements of both socio-economic and scientific methodologies.
IB DP Geography takes advantage of its position to examine relevant concepts and ideas from a wide variety of disciplines, helping students develop life skills and have an appreciation of, and a respect for, alternative approaches, viewpoints and ideas.
Detailed examples and case studies
Detailed example
- 1.1.3 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.2.4 Forced migrations - detailed examples
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 3.2.2 Water, food and energy
- 4.1.2 Global superpowers
- 4.2.5 TNCs - global strategies and supply chains
- 5.1.2 Closing the development gap
- 5.3.4 Civil society and international-mindedness
- 6.1.4 Globalization and nationalism
- 6.3.1 Raise awareness
- 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
- 1.2.2 Megacity growth
- 1.3.5 Demographic dividend
- 2.3.4 Civil society and corporate strategies
- 5.2.3 Diasporas
- 6.2.1 Transboundary pollution - Chernobyl
- 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
Aerial photographs
Bar graphs
Choropleth maps
- 1.1.3 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 2.1.3 The enhanced greenhouse effect
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 3.1.1 Poverty reduction
- 3.1.5 Energy
- 4.1.1 Global interactions
- 6.1.4 Globalization and nationalism
- 6.2.1 Transboundary pollution - Chernobyl
- ee.1.4 Changing distribution of extreme environments over time
- fh.1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
Compound graphs
Densities
Flow diagrams
Flow maps
Ground-level photographs
Isoline and isopleth maps
Line graphs
Logarithmic graphs
Pie charts
Population pyramids
Proportional symbols
Satellite images
Scatter graphs
Spreadsheets
Thematic maps
Places explored
Northern Africa
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.3.1 Population trends
- 5.1.2 Closing the development gap
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- ee.2.3 Hot and arid landscapes
- ee.3.3 Agricultural opportunities and challenges in arid areas
- ee.4.3 New technology and sustainable development in extreme environments
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
- fw.4.2 Multipurpose dams
Eastern Africa
- 1.3.3 Gender equality policies
- 1.3.4 Anti-trafficking policies
- 1.3.5 Demographic dividend
- 6.1.3 Disruptive technological innovations
- 6.3.3 New technologies for the management of global flows
- fh.1.2 The nutrition transition
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.3.4 Conflict over internationally shared water resources
- fw.4.2 Multipurpose dams
Middle Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
- 1.1.2 Global patterns of economic development
- 1.3.1 Population trends
- 3.1.5 Energy
- 3.2.3 Recycling and waste
- 4.3.4 The influence of the physical environment on global interactions
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- 6.1.4 Globalization and nationalism
- 6.2.2 Environmental impacts of global flows
- ee.1.2 Hot and arid extreme environments
- ee.3.2 Mineral extraction in arid environments - Uranium extraction in Niger
- ee.4.1 Desertification
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
- fh.4.3 Ebola - Managing the disease and pandemic
Central America
South America
Northern America
- 1.1.3 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 2.2.2 Climate change and the incidence and severity of extreme weather events
- 2.2.3 Climate change and the biosphere
- 2.2.4 Impacts of climate change on people and places
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 4.2.3 International aid, loans, debt relief and remittances
- 4.2.5 TNCs - global strategies and supply chains
- 5.2.1 Global spectrum of cultural traits
- 5.2.3 Diasporas
- 6.1.1 Geopolitical threats to individuals and businesses
- 6.1.2 Profit repatriation and tax avoidance
- 6.2.3 Carbon footprints for global flows
- 6.3.2 Crowd-sourcing technologies
- 6.3.3 New technologies for the management of global flows
- 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.4.2 Increasing competition for access - 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
- 1.1.3 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.2.2 Megacity growth
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 1.3.2 Ageing societies - Japan
- 2.2.4 Impacts of climate change on people and places
- 3.2.1 Nexus Thinking
- 3.2.3 Recycling and waste
- 4.3.1 Political factors that affect global interactions
- 5.2.1 Global spectrum of cultural traits
- 5.2.2 Glocalization and cultural hybridity
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- 5.3.4 Civil society and international-mindedness
- 6.1.1 Geopolitical threats to individuals and businesses
- 6.1.3 Disruptive technological innovations
- 6.2.4 Global shift of industry
- fh.1.4 The disease continuum and the implications of a global ageing population
- fh.4.2 Contemporary approaches to food production
- fw.2.1 Flood risk within a drainage basin
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
South-eastern Asia
Southern Asia
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 2.2.4 Impacts of climate change on people and places
- 3.1.2 The growth of the “new global middle class”
- 4.2.4 Foreign Direct Investment and outsourcing
- 4.3.4 The influence of the physical environment on global interactions
- 5.1.3 Social entrepreneurship
- 5.2.2 Glocalization and cultural hybridity
- 5.3.1 Resistance to global interactions
- fh.1.2 The nutrition transition
- fw.2.1 Flood risk within a drainage basin
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.4.1 Participation of local communities to improve water management
Western Asia
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 1.2.4 Forced migrations - detailed examples
- 3.2.2 Water, food and energy
- 4.3.4 The influence of the physical environment on global interactions
- ee.3.4 Tourism in extreme environments
- ee.4.3 New technology and sustainable development in extreme environments
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.2.1 Population change and Iceland
- 1.3.3 Gender equality policies
- 1.3.4 Anti-trafficking policies
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 2.3.4 Civil society and corporate strategies
- 4.2.3 International aid, loans, debt relief and remittances
- 4.2.5 TNCs - global strategies and supply chains
- 5.2.1 Global spectrum of cultural traits
- 5.3.1 Resistance to global interactions
- 5.3.2 Anti-immigration movements
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- 5.3.4 Civil society and international-mindedness
- 6.1.1 Geopolitical threats to individuals and businesses
- 6.1.2 Profit repatriation and tax avoidance
- 6.1.4 Globalization and nationalism
- 6.2.2 Environmental impacts of global flows
- 6.2.3 Carbon footprints for global flows
- 6.3.1 Raise awareness
- 6.3.2 Crowd-sourcing technologies
- ee.2.2 Periglacial landscapes
- fh.1.2 The nutrition transition
- fh.4.1 Solutions to food insecurity
- fw.2.1 Flood risk within a drainage basin
- fw.2.2 Flood prediction
- fw.2.3 Flood mitigation
Southern Europe
Western Europe
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 1.3.1 Population trends
- 3.1.5 Energy
- 3.2.2 Water, food and energy
- 3.3.2 The circular economy
- 4.3.4 The influence of the physical environment on global interactions
- 5.3.1 Resistance to global interactions
- 5.3.2 Anti-immigration movements
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- 6.1.1 Geopolitical threats to individuals and businesses
- ee.2.1 Glacial landscapes
- ee.4.4 Global climate change in extreme environments
- fw.2.2 Flood prediction
Australia and New Zealand
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 3.1.5 Energy
- 5.3.3 Geopolitical constraints on global interactions
- 6.1.3 Disruptive technological innovations
- fw.3.1 Water scarcity
- fw.3.2 Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality
- fw.3.3 Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers
- fw.4.3 Integrated drainage basin management - The Murray-Darling Basin
Melanesia
Micronesia
Aerial photographs
Bar graphs
Choropleth maps
- 1.1.3 Population distribution and economic development at the national scale
- 1.2.3 Migration - knowledge and understanding
- 2.1.3 The enhanced greenhouse effect
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 3.1.1 Poverty reduction
- 3.1.5 Energy
- 4.1.1 Global interactions
- 6.1.4 Globalization and nationalism
- 6.2.1 Transboundary pollution - Chernobyl
- ee.1.4 Changing distribution of extreme environments over time
- fh.1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
- fh.2.4 Vector-borne and water-borne diseases
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