Pearson Edexcel • Geography 2016

Very detailed notes, covers all specification points, has real life examples and case studies included, definitions and diagrams incorporated as well

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Global Development and Connections) Topic 8: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty, A level geography course. Overview: Globalisation involves movements of capital, goods and people. Tensions can result between the logic of globalisation, with its growing levels of environmental, social and economic interdependence among people, economies and nation states and the traditional definitions of national sovereignty and territorial integrity. International ...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Human Systems and Geopolitics) Topic 7: Superpowers, A level geography course. Overview: Superpowers can be developed by a number of characteristics. The pattern of dominance has changed over time. Superpowers and emerging superpowers have a very significant impact on the global economy, global politics and the environment. The spheres of influence between these powers are frequently contested, resulting in geopolitical implications.

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Landscape Systems, Processes and Change) Topic 2: Coastal Landscapes and Change, A level geography course. Overview: Coastal landscapes develop due to the interaction of winds, waves and currents, as well as through the contribution of both terrestrial and offshore sources of sediment. These flows of energy and variations in sediment budgets interact with the prevailing geological and lithological characteristics of the coast to operate as coastal sy...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Dynamic landscapes) Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards, A level geography course. Overview: Tectonic hazards – earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and secondary hazards such as tsunamis – represent a significant risk in some parts of the world. This is especially the case where active tectonic plate boundaries interact with areas of high population density and low levels of development. Resilience in these places can be low, and the interaction ...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Dynamic Places) Topic 4: Regenerating Places, A level geography course. Overview: Local places vary economically and socially with change driven by local, national and global processes. These processes include movements of people, capital, information and resources, making some places economically dynamic while other places appear to be marginalised. This creates and exacerbates considerable economic and social inequalities both between and within lo...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the (Dynamic Places) Topic 3: Globalisation, A level geography course. Overview: Globalisation and global interdependence continue to accelerate, resulting in changing opportunities for businesses and people. Inequalities are caused within and between countries as shifts in patterns of wealth occur. Cultural impacts on the identity of communities increase as flows of ideas, people and goods take place. Recognising that both tensions in communities and pre...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the Physical Systems and Sustainability, A level geography course. On the water cycle and water insecurity. Overview: Water plays a key role in supporting life on earth. The water cycle operates at a variety of spatial scales and also at short- and long- term timescales, from global to local. Physical processes control the circulation of water between the stores on land, in the oceans, in the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. Changes to the most important ...

Detailed notes for revision regarding the Physical Systems and Sustainability, A level geography course. On the Carbon Cycle and Energy Security. Overview: Water plays a key role in supporting life on earth. The water cycle operates at a variety of spatial scales and also at short- and long-term timescales, from global to local. Physical processes control the circulation of water between the stores on land, in the oceans, in the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. Changes to the most important s...

Super helpful notes all about the Tectonics section of this module!