Specification points
WJEC GCSE B Geography C112QS
71 points in 4 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.
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1 Theme 1: Changing Places - Changing Economies
- 1.1 Urbanisation in contrasting global cities
- 1.1.1 Urbanisation as a global phenomenon
- 1.1.2 Ways of life and challenges in two global cities
- 1.1.2(a) Reasons for each city's growth
- 1.1.2(b) Ways of life in each city
- 1.1.2(c) Current challenges in each city
- 1.1.3 Managing the impacts of urbanisation in global cities
- 1.1.3(a) Urban management strategies in the LIC/NIC city
- 1.1.3(b) In the HIC city: strategies to create sustainable urban environments
- 1.2 Urban and rural processes and change in the UK
- 1.2.1 Changes in where people live in the UK
- 1.2.2 Distinctive features of UK urban areas
- 1.2.3 Drivers of urban and rural change in the UK
- 1.2.4 Change in UK retail provision
- 1.2.5 Leisure use in UK urban and rural areas
- 1.3 A global perspective on development issues
- 1.3.1 Global patterns of development
- 1.3.2 Global processes connecting countries
- 1.3.3 Causes and consequences of uneven development
- 1.3.3(a) Multinational companies and development
- 1.3.3(b) Emergence of newly industrialised countries
- 1.3.3(c) Trade between countries at different levels of development
- 1.3.3(d) Consequences of globalisation for societies
- 1.3.4 Types of aid project
2 Theme 2: Changing Environments
- 2.1 Shaping the landscape-coasts and coastal management
- 2.1.1 Development of distinctive UK coastal landscapes
- 2.1.2 Managing coastlines
- 2.1.3 Controversy in coastal management
- 2.1.4 Climate change impacts on coasts and communities
- 2.2 Shaping the landscape-rivers and river management
- 2.2.1 Development of distinctive UK river landscapes
- 2.2.2 Causes and consequences of river flooding
- 2.2.3 Managing rivers to reduce flood risk
- 2.2.4 Controversy in river flood management
- 2.3 Weather and climate
- 2.3.1 Variability of the UK climate
- 2.3.2 Global atmospheric circulation and climate zones
- 2.3.3 Global distribution of weather hazards
- 2.3.4 Two contrasting extreme weather events
- 2.4 Climate change-cause and effect
- 2.4.1 Climate change in the Quaternary period
- 2.4.2 Causes of global warming
- 2.4.3 Consequences of climate change
- 2.4.4 Attitudes to climate change
- 2.4.5 Reducing the risk of climate change in the UK
3 Theme 3: Environmental Challenges
- 3.1 How ecosystems function
- 3.1.1 Climate and biomes at a global scale
- 3.1.2 Physical processes within ecosystems
- 3.1.3 Use and management of small-scale UK ecosystems
- 3.2 Ecosystems under threat
- 3.2.1 People's use of ecosystems
- 3.2.2 Damage to ecosystems by human activity
- 3.2.3 Sustainable management of ecosystems
- 3.3 Water resources and management
- 3.3.1 Variation in water supply and demand
- 3.3.2 Water demand exceeding supply
- 3.3.3 Challenges of managing water supplies
- 3.4 Desertification
- 3.4.1 Physical processes and desertification in semi-arid regions
- 3.4.2 Human activity and desertification
- 3.4.3 Managing environments vulnerable to desertification