IB DP Geography
Unit Contents
- Geographic themes [Paper 1]
- Core: Global change [Paper 2]
- Higher Level: Global interactions [Paper 3]
- Being a DP Geographer
- Exam preparation
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Paper 1: Geographic themes
SL students study two themes and HL students study all three. View all Paper 1 resources →
Paper 2: Global change (Core)
All students study these three units. View all Paper 2 resources →
- Unit 1: Changing population
- Unit 2: Global climate — vulnerability and resilience
- Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security
Paper 3: Global interactions (HL)
HL students study all three units. View all Paper 3 resources →
- Unit 4: Power, places and networks
- Unit 5: Human development and diversity
- Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
Detailed examples and case studies
The following detailed examples and case studies are covered across the entire IB DP Geography course:
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 security
- 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
Places explored
Lessons draw on real-world examples from regions across the globe, giving students a genuinely international perspective:
Northern Africa
- 1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
- 1.3.1 Population trends
- 5.1.2 Closing the development gap
- 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 security
- 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 security
- 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