Powerful Geography 1 is written for the Preliminary year of the new Senior Geography syllabus. It includes contemporary case studies, GEOstories (micro case studies) and Visual This (key concepts explained using illustrations. It also includes a variety of student activities to cater for a range of student abilities. An outline of the contents of Powerful Geography 1 is outlined below. section 1: natural systemsCHAPTER 1 - Natural Systems GEOstories Inspirational wildlife migrations Forest elephants: Valuing nature. Whales: Ecological engineers. Blown away: The story of dust. Iceberg Alley: An uncertain future CHAPTER 2 - The Cryosphere CHAPTER 3 - Forest Systems VISUALISE THIS Earth’s Natural Systems - a safe space for humanity Global atmospheric circulation Global oceanic circulations Glacial and interglacial cycles Ecological succession Permafrost Fieldwork techniques for studying Earth’s natural systems edit. section 2: people, patterns & processesCHAPTER 4 - People, Patterns & Processes GEOstories Environmental refugees: Forgotten Victims Slipping through our finger: A global sand crisis Sea floor mining: The next frontier Churchill: A story of human resilience Global networks: Eyes in the sky CHAPTER 5 - Population and Resources CHAPT ER 6 - Venice: Human ingenuity and resilience CHAPTER 7 - Ukraine: A contested place VISUALISE THIS The Demographic transition model Perspectives on population and resources Global value chains Global commons Fieldwork techniques for people and places section 3 - human-environment interactionsCHAPTER 8 - Human-Environment Interactions GEOstories
Saving a species: Wollemi Pine (Fire) Masters of the flood: The Netherlands (Flood) Forests of hope: Madagascar (Deforestation) Lost Oases: Morocco (Desertification) Species migration: Ecological responses to change (Climate change) Parks on fire: NPWS bushfire management (Fire) CHAPTER 9 - Lake Eyre Basin Region CHAPTER 10 - The Arctic: Region on a threshold CHAPTER 11 - North Coast Floods 2022 CHAPTER 12 - Pacific Island Atoll Nations: A climate change challenge VISUALISE THIS The Anthropocene Land Cover change Tipping Points Feedback Loops Rewilding Antarctica's Doomsday glacier CHAPTER 13: The Geographical Investigation
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