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1. Global Heat Budget, Circulation & the ITCZ
How the atmosphere and oceans redistribute the sun's energy around the globe, and why this causes the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
2. River Landscapes & the Hydrological Cycle
How rivers form v-shaped valleys, waterfalls, meanders, and ox-bow lakes, and how to interpret a drainage basin's hydrograph.
3. Glaciated Landscape Features
Corries, arêtes, and u-shaped valleys formed by glacial erosion, and drumlins, eskers, and moraines formed by glacial deposition.
4. Coastal Landscape Features
How wave erosion carves wave-cut platforms, arches, and stacks, and how deposition builds spits, bars, and tombolos.
5. Podzol, Brown Earth & Gley Soils
The properties and formation processes of three soil types found in the UK: podzols, brown earths, and gleys.
6. Population: Data Collection, Structure & Migration
How population data is gathered, the consequences of a country's population structure, and the causes and impacts of migration.
7. Rural Land Degradation: Rainforest & Semi-Arid Management
The impacts of land degradation in a rainforest or semi-arid area, and how these impacts are managed.
8. Rural Land-Use Conflicts: Glaciated & Coastal Landscapes
How competing land uses in a glaciated or coastal area create conflict, and how these conflicts are managed.
9. Urban Change & Management: Developed & Developing World Cities
Why recent housing and transport change needs managing in both a developed and a developing world city, and how it is managed.
10. River Basin Management
The physical characteristics of a named river basin, the physical and human factors behind choosing a dam site, and the consequences of a major water control project.
11. Development & Health
Why a single development indicator can mislead, why levels of development differ between developing countries, causes and management of a water-related disease, and primary healthcare strategies.
12. Global Climate Change
The physical and human causes of climate change, its local and global effects, and the limitations of management strategies.
13. Energy
The global distribution of energy resources, changing energy demand, and how effective renewable and non-renewable energy are at meeting it.
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