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This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of changes in world development. It includes subtopics such as differences in development; economic indicators; social indicators; human development index; factors that hinder development including historical, environmental, dependence on primary activities and debt; sustainable development goals; appropriate technology; fair trade; globalisation and MNCs. It includes definitions, facts and figures with place examples throughout. It...

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of Population and Migration. It includes subtopics such as births, deaths and natural change; demographic transition model; factors influencing population change;population structure; population pyramids; dependency ratios; implications of aged dependency; implications of Youth dependency; migration and immigration; barriers to migration; types of migration and refugees. It includes definitions, maps, facts and figures with place ex...

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of earth’s structure and rocks. It includes subtopics such as structure of earth, crust, rocks in Northern ireland, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, plate tectonics theory, constructive plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridge, destructive plate boundaries, ocean trench and subduction zone, collision zone, fold mountains, conservative plate boundary, earthquakes, liquefaction, tsunamis, shield volcanoes, composite vol...

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of river environments. It includes subtopics such as hydrological cycle; drainage basin; river characteristics; data collection; erosion; transportation; deposition; river landforms (waterfall, meanders, floodplain, levee); causes of flooding; positive and negative impacts of flooding and river management strategies. It includes definitions, diagrams, facts and figures with place examples throughout. It also has two case studies: th...

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of coastal environments. It includes subtopics such as types of waves; fetch; swash and backwash; coastal erosion; longshore drift; coastal deposition; coastal landforms (headlands, cliffs, wave cut platforms, caves, arches, stacks, stumps, spit, hooked spit); need for coastal defences and methods of coastal management ( sea wall, groynes, gabions, beach nourishment, managed retreat). It includes definitions, diagrams, facts and fig...

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of Changing Urban Areas . It includes subtopics such as urbanistation; urban land use; Burgess model; Hoyt model; CBD; inner city; suburbs; rural-urban fringe; urban sprawl; why different land use zones develop; function of settlements; issues facing MEDC inner city areas; housing issues; gentrification; traffic issues; cultural issues; sustainable settlements and shanty town. It includes diagrams, definitions facts and figures with...

This resource is a complete set of revision notes for the ccea AS topic of settlements. It includes subtopics such as rural-urban continuum, population density, service availability, green space, settlement size, accessibility, air quality, rural urban fringe, greenfield developments, suburbanisation, counterurbanisation, planning in rural environments, SSSIs, AONBs, national parks, honeypot sites, rights of access, path erosion, second homes, urban challenges, deprivation, reurbanisation, gentr...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA AS topic of rivers. It includes subtopics such as processes that shape fluvial environments, drainage basin processes above and below the surface, discharge and the storm hydrograph, river processes, factors affecting velocity in the river channel, erosion, transportation and deposition, hjulstrom curve, river landforms (waterfalls, rapids, pools, riffles, meanders, oxbow lake, floodplain, levees, delta), river management (channelistaion,...

This resource a set of revision notes for the CCEA AS geography topic of Ecosystems. It includes subtopics such as global biomes (tundra, tropical rainforest, hot desert, temperate grassland), soils, actual and potential impacts of climate change, small scale ecosystems, energy flows, trophic structure, plant succession, climatic climax. It includes two case studies: The actual and potential impacts of climate change on tundra ecosystems of North Alaska USA and How ecosystems function, Breen Woo...

This resource is a full set of revision notes for the CCEA AS Geography topic of population. it includes subtopics such as census, vital registration, population change, crude birth rate, total fertility rate, crude death rate, infant mortality rate, demographic transition model, epidemiological transition model, theories of population sustainability including malthusian theory and boserup’s theory of population and resources and fertility policies (pro-natalist and anti-natalist). It includes...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA A2 topic of ethnic diversity. It includes subtopics such as ethnic groups, ethnicity, race, nationality, language, religion, perceived ethnic and social identity, role, residential concentration, age, gender, location quotient, chi- squared test, processes creating ethnic diversity, colonisation, annexation, international migration, case study on Jamaica, processes maintaining ethnic diversity, segregation, multiculturalism, case study on...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA A2 topic of tourism. It includes subtopics such as growth of international tourism, reasons for growth, global patterns of tourism, impacts of tourism, pleasure periphery, Butler model, challenges and management of mass tourism, pollution, overcrowding, honeypot sites, social sustainability, competition for resources, case study on Mallorca, characteristics of ecotourism, impacts of ecotourism, case study on Montverde Cloud forest resort,...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA A2 topic of coasts. It includes subtopics such as coastal zone, swell, sea, fetch, how do waves break on the shore, constructive and destructive waves, beach morphology, wave refraction, tides, erosional processes, transport, longshore drift, coastal landforms, eustatic change, isostatic change, emergent and submergent landforms, threat of rising sea levels due to climate change, impacts e.g. Nile delta, case stuy on Kiribati, reasons for...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA A2 topic of plates and tectonic theory. It includes subtopics such as the theory of plate tectonics, composition of earth, evidence for movement of plates, causes of seafloor spreading and subduction, types of plate margins, landforms, hotspots, volcano distribution and activity, hazards and benefits of volcanic activity, preparation and monitoring, response and effects, case study on Pinatubo volcano in Philippines, seismic activity, imp...