Y12 Starts Here
Links are relevant to the AQA Geography AS level from September 2008
S-cool A level Geography
Unit 1: Physical & Human Geography
Core Physical - Rivers, Floods & Management
Drainage basin hydrology and water balance
The drainage basin: www.physicalgeography.net and geomorphology
The hydrological cycle: cycle.html and hydrology.cgi
Soil moisture budgets: water_balance
Factors affecting river discharge
Hydrographs: thinkquest.org
Check your hydrograph terminology.
More on hydrographs.
Profiles, characteristics and processes
S-cool on river processes.
Bitesize on river profiles.
Virtual fieldtrip down the River Dane.
Virtual fieldtrip along the River Darent.
The River Tame through Birmingham.
Channel processes: library.thinkquest.org
Processes of erosion, transportation and deposition.
Transportation process animation.
Virtual rivers fieldwork: VirtualRiver
The Hjulstrom Curve
Landforms of erosion and deposition
Some basic ideas about river landforms.
Stream erosion and landscape development.
A meandering river.
Rejuvenation
A Powerpoint presentation about rejuvenation.
Wikipedia on river rejuvenation
Causes and impacts of flooding
Scottish flood case studies here.
UK Flood risk: news.bbc.co.uk
Impacts of Polish floods 1997: www.socialstyrelsen.se
What should be done about floods in Poland? www.edie.net
Polish floods return in 2001: news.bbc.co.uk
Recommendations for the future in Poland: wwf.us
Large flood events: www.dartmouth.edu
Flood management strategies
UK government flood management
The Environment Agency Catchment Flood Management Plans
Managing flood risk in the UK - case studies
Managing the River Colorado
International Commission on Large Dams – benefits & problems: www.swissdams.ch
Critical dam building FAQs: www.irn.org
Aswan Dam: www.kented.org.uk
Itaipu Dam: www.kented.org.uk
The Three Gorges Dam: news.bbc.co.uk
The Narmada Valley Development Project here and here
What happened to people displaced by new reservoirs in Lesotho? www.panos.org.uk
Ecological restoration of rivers: http://www.ser.org/
Kissimmee River restoration: my.sfwmd.gov
Integrated flood management: here
Physical Option - Coastal Environments
The coastal system
Ocean waves: www.forgefx.com
Studying coastlines: www.theseashore.org.uk
Coastal processes
S-cool on coastal processes
Waves breaking on the shore.
Coastal processes in Dorset
Mass movement on the Jurassic Coast
Landforms of erosion and deposition
Watch a stack get destroyed.
Landforms on the Jurassic Coast
How sand dunes develop at virtual_dunes .
Magilligan Dunes, Northern Ireland: www.geographyinaction.co.uk .
Morfa Harlech Dunes, North Wales here .
Coastal erosion case studies
The disappearing Welsh coast: news.bbc.co.uk
Sefton Coast
Sea level change
Types of sea level change here .
The impact of sea level change on the Essex coast at www.essex-estuaries.co.uk .
Open University resources about the Blackwater Estuary on the Essex coast: openlearn.open.ac.uk
The impact of sea level change on the Maldives here .
What would disappear if sea level rose? merkel.zoneo.net
Human impact on the coast: news.bbc.co.uk
Coastal flooding case studies
Scotland's coastal flood watch
Coastal flood risk in England & Wales
1953 East Coast Floods
Coastal protection and management
Sefton Coast
Managing the Dorset Coast
Contrasting management - hard and soft engineering
Bitesize
Hard & soft engineering - the basics and here (and here too)
Management options
Tahuna Beach, New Zealand - 'design-with-nature'
Defending Chichester Harbour
Protecting Brighton & Hove... and the areas nearby
The National Trust Coastal Policy
Core Human - Population Change
S-cool on population geography
Population indicators
How is population data collected? www.bbc.co.uk
Population links at top-population-websites .
Glossary of population terminology at: www.school-portal.co.uk .
Population change - the demographic transition model
The Demographic Transition Model: Demotrans and www.kesgrave.suffolk.sch.uk .
Wikipedia on demographic transition
Facts on population and disease: globalhealthfacts
Population structure
Population pyramids and demographic transition at: www.bbc.co.uk .
Wikipedia on population pyramids
Creating population pyramids in Excel: pyramids.html
Create population pyramids for any country here: www.census.gov .
Population change simulator: play_population
Population and resources
World population growth slows down: news.bbc.co.uk .
Past, current and future population estimates here .
The concepts of optimum, under- and over-population here .
Malthus' theory of population growth here .
Boserup's ideas about population growth here
Carbon and population at Breathing Earth: www.breathingearth.net
The Optimum Population Trust: www.optimumpopulation.org
World Population Balance - an organisation campaigning for stable populations.
Which is the biggest problem, overpopulation or overconsumption? www.npg.org , www.bcen.bc.ca and www.henrygeorge.org
Or should we worried about underpopulation? www.metafuture.org and www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org
Implications of population change
Population and development links at www.globaleye.org.uk .
If the world were a village… www.miniature-earth.com/
Managing population
Details of Thailand's population and population policy: Family_ Planning_Fact_Sheets .
Details of India's population policy: www.india-seminar.com and Family_ Planning_Fact_Sheets .
Indian condom problem: news.bbc.co.uk
Animated Chinese population pyramid here: ChinaFood .
Views on China's population policy at: www.overpopulation.com , news.bbc.co.uk , www.peopleandplanet.net ,
geography.about.com and www.tibettruth.com
Wifeless future for China’s men? news.bbc.co.uk
Has the One Child Policy worked? news.bbc.co.uk
China’s elderly care problem: news.bbc.co.uk
China tones down one child posters: independent.co.uk
Campaigns about population policy from China, India and Kenya: worldbalance .
Analysis of population dilemmas for Europe: www.popcouncil.org .
Is Sweden underpopulated? www.pupilvision.com .
Russian ‘sex day’ to boost the population: news.bbc.co.uk
Britain's aging population: news.bbc.co.uk.
The Optimum Population Trust's view of UK population: www.optimumpopulation.org .
Brits go abroad: news.bbc.co.uk
Download summary Powerpoint presentations about topics such as the impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa here: www.populationconcern.org.uk .
Where did we all come from? www.cambridgedna.com
A guide to international migration here .
Theories of international migration here .
The impacts of migration here .
Factfile on global migration: news.bbc.co.uk .
Online lessons about migration: www.angliacampus.com and here www.bbc.co.uk .
Research about international migration: www.migrationdrc.org .
Worldwide migration issues: here.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees: www.unhcr.org .
Migration into the UK: news.bbc.co.uk and www.guardian.co.uk .
Record numbers leave Britain: www.guardian.co.uk
Polish migration to the UK: www.guardian.co.uk
Remittances from the UK: www.dfid.gov.uk and news.bbc.co.uk
Would you qualify to migrate to Canada? www.cic.gc.ca
Proposed guest worker scheme for Australia: www.workpermit.com .
Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo: Kosovo-Ethnic_Cleansing1 and Kosovo-Ethnic_Cleansing2 .
Russian Jews move to Israel, then back again: www.boykotisrael.dk or
www.msnbc.msn.com .
Turkish guest workers in Germany: news.bbc.co.uk and www.telegraph.co.uk .
Migrant workers in Southern Italy: www.guardian.co.uk
Does Germany need immigrants? news.bbc.co.uk .
One way of entering Europe: news.bbc.co.uk
Brits abroad: www.guardian.co.uk
Rural and urban settlements
Urban geography articles from the BBC: urbanisation
Our urban world: environment.guardian.co.uk
Settlement case studies
DEFRA East Midlands: http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/docs/emchapter/default.htm
Managing the Lake District
Snowdonia - a rural area here .
Animation of ‘Our Blighted Countryside’: environment.guardian.co.uk
Urban structure - Belfast: www.geographyinaction.co.uk .
High density living in Hong Kong: news.bbc.co.uk
Life in Manila’s slums: news.bbc.co.uk
Urbanisation in China here
Managing Beijing
Migration & urbanisation in China: news.bbc.co.uk and www.bbc.co.uk
Up-to-date urban development programmes in the UK at www.englishpartnerships.co.uk .
Urban redevelopment in Newcastle.
Inner city Nottingham: observer.guardian.co.uk
Nottingham's current developments: www.timesonline.co.uk
UK average house prices map: www.mouseprice.com
What are sustainable cities? SustainableCities and here
China’s eco-city: news.bbc.co.uk
Human Option - Food Supply Issues
Global patterns - supply, trade and consumption
Food production systems
Managing food supply - increasing production
Causes and impacts of famine here, here , here and here .
Food security statistics: www.fao.org
The looming food crisis: www.guardian.co.uk
The Green & Gene Revolutions: www.guardian.co.uk , news.bbc.co.uk , www.globaleye.org.uk , www.whybiotech.com , www.rediff.com , www.foodfirst.org , www.fao.org, www.agbioworld.org , www.globalchange.umich.edu , livingheritage.org and www.gvnr.com
Africa's food crisis: news.bbc.co.uk.
Oxfam small farmers in Zimbabwe: zimbabwe/nutritional_gardens.htm
Managing food supply - controlling production
Changing demand
Globalising food
Food miles calculator: http://www.organiclinker.com/food-miles.cfm
Environmental impact and sustainability
Case studies - contrasting approaches
Background to the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Unit 2: Geographical Skills
How to do a fieldsketch: www.bbc.co.uk
Collecting primary data in human geography
Using Excel to produce graphs for geography: geographydrawinggraphswithexcel.asp
Creating pictograms in Excel: pictograms.html
Creating population pyramids in Excel: pyramids.html
Stuck with statistics? Stats for twits
Using Spearman’s Rank
Online lessons about using qualitative data
Measuring river gradient.
Malham Tarn Field Centre website: www.field-studies-council.org .
The formation of Malham Tarn: www.malhamdale.org.uk .
Research on the ecology of Malham Tarn here
Photographs of Malhamdale sights here .
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority website.
Y13 STARTS HERE
Links are relevant to the AQA Geography A2 from September 2009
Useful General Sites
Geography Newsroom http://www.geographynewsroom.co.uk/
Challenges facing our planet at: news.bbc.co.uk and www.globalissues.org
The Green Room – opinions on the challenges facing our planet: news.bbc.co.uk
Terradaily – news from planet earth: www.terradaily.com
TED – click ‘Global Issues’ http://www.ted.com/
Can we build a sustainable society? here
Plate Tectonics & Associated Hazards
Investigate a virtual earthquake: VirtualEarthquake
Seismic waves: www.forgefx.com
Open University resources about earthquakes: openlearn.open.ac.uk
Eruptions on Montserrat at www.geography.ndo.co.uk , www.caribbeannetnews, www.streetphoto.com, www.danum-photos.co.uk and www.earthchangestv.com.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami: www.nytimes.com
1. Map and summary.
2. BBC News special report.
3. Animated guide to the Tsunami.
4. How did it start and spread?
5. Detailed sets of links: A; B; C; D.
6. Aerial photos and the impact on Aceh, Indonesia.
7. Stories from tsunami survivors.
8. The effects on various countries: www.guardian.co.uk
9. How has aid been spent to help tsunami hit areas? USAid, Christian Aid, ActionAid and ITDG.
10. Can tsunami warning systems work? And here.
11. Tsunami warning system now up and running: here
Atlantic tsunami threat: www.guardian.co.uk
A tsunami hits Britain: news.bbc.co.uk
Solomon Islands tsunami April 2007: news.bbc.co.uk
Weather, Climate & Associated Hazards
Monsoon rains in India and Bangladesh, 2006: www.guardian.co.uk
Oxfam one year on from the Pakistan earthquake: asian_quake
Hurricane HQ: hurricanehq.net
Hurricane Katrina two years on: www.time.com
How does aid help after natural disasters? www.shelterboxschools.org
Stop disasters game! www.stopdisastersgame.org/
Human needs, poverty & development
Country rankings by various development indicators here and here
Watch development happen on exciting scatter graphs (honestly!) gapminder
World maps of various indicators (you will have to register for this site): maps.maplecroft.com/
A detailed site about poverty: povlinks
Chronic Poverty Research Centre: www.chronicpoverty.org
Poverty mapped worldwide: maps.grida.no
Causes of poverty: www.globalissues.org
What’s poverty in the UK? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7481927.stm
Where do you fit on the Global Rich List? http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Globalisation & Trade
Huge user-friendly site about economic development - The Commanding Heights: www.pbs.org
Globalisation the basics: news.bbc.co.uk
What is globalisation? news.bbc.co.uk
Listen to a lecture "Is the world really shrinking?"
Globalisation on the radio: www.bbc.co.uk
Global environmental, social and economic change: earthtrends.wri.org .
Globalisation in the car industry: news.bbc.co.uk
Globalisation of waste: environment.guardian.co.uk
Outsaucing - HP Sauce moves away from Birmingham: www.brownsauce.org
Global sourcing of pencils (way back in 1958!) www.econlib.org
Workers’ rights in the global economy: www.nlcnet.org
The production chain for a pair of jeans: www.tes.co.uk and
www.geographypages.co.uk
How much does the UK depend on the rest of the world? www.neweconomics.org .
India & China - profiles of the emerging economic giants: news.bbc.co.uk
Infochange India: www.infochangeindia.org
Hear about China's economic miracle (this is an MP3 sound file): china.mp3.
Video diaries from Chinese and Indian workers: bbc.co.uk
Multinationals and India’s service revolution: news.bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio journey to the 'beating heart of China's economic boom': worldtoday/news
IPod manufacture in China: www.mailonsunday.co.uk
Do transnational corporations operate like this? mcdonalds_game.htm
Simsweatshop www.simsweatshop.com
The true cost of coffee: news.bbc.co.uk
Starbucks, Ethiopia and coffee: www.guardian.co.uk
Multinationals and India’s service revolution: news.bbc.co.uk
Introduction to world trade issues: www.globaleye.org.uk .
Open University resources about the WTO and LEDCs: openlearn.open.ac.uk
Current world trade issues: news.bbc.co.uk .
What is free trade? www.oxfam.org.uk (thanks to Jamie Smith for this link)
Export industries in Kenya: www.epzakenya.com
Trade and development links here , here and here .
Bananas and fair trade in the Windward Islands.
St Lucia saved by fair-trade bananas? environment.guardian.co.uk
Detailed assessment of fair trade in bananas from Ghana: www.nri.org
Fair trade versus free trade: www.nfu.org, www.samuelbrittan.co.uk, www.onpointradio.org,
www.foodanddrinkeurope.com and www.sierraclub.org
Fair trade and the credit crunch
Open University resources about labour and trade issues between Mexico and the USA: openlearn.open.ac.uk
LLEDCs, LEDCs. HIPCs and all that
The Millenium Development Goals at: www.un.org .
How committed are MEDCs to aiding development? www.cgdev.org
Haiti: the BBC Country Profile (don't forget to use the links to news articles on the righthand side); Lonely Planet Travel Guide; US Department of State travel warning about Haiti; World Health Organisation about Haiti; HaitiAction.
Africa in facts and figures: www.learningafrica.org.uk
African case studies on a variety of development issues: www.learningafrica.org.uk
Sustainable Africa: allafrica.com
Virtual Zambia here .
Real life in Ghana: www.plan-ed.org
Katine village here
Visit a Ugandan village: www.plan-uk.org
Play the 'game' of life in Darfur: www.darfurisdying.com
Virtual Bangladesh: www.virtualbangladesh.com .
Causes and impacts of famine here, here , here and here .
Food security statistics: www.fao.org
The looming food crisis: www.guardian.co.uk
The Green & Gene Revolutions: www.guardian.co.uk , news.bbc.co.uk , www.globaleye.org.uk , www.whybiotech.com , www.rediff.com , www.foodfirst.org , www.fao.org, www.agbioworld.org , www.globalchange.umich.edu , livingheritage.org and www.gvnr.com
Africa's food crisis: news.bbc.co.uk.
Oxfam small farmers in Zimbabwe: zimbabwe/nutritional_gardens.htm
International Organisations
What is the International Monetary Fund? www.imf.org
World Bank views on development issues: worldbank.org .
WTO BBC Newsround World Trade Organisation.
G8 BBC Newsround the G8.
Aid
Aid and development links:
www.globaleye.org.uk , www.makepovertyhistory.org , www.bized.ac.uk and www.guardian.co.uk .
How much do governments give in aid? www.globalissues.org
Are aid levels falling? business.guardian.co.uk
What does Wateraid do? www.wateraid.org
Oxfam briefing on food aid: www.oxfam.org
British government Department for International Development on debt reduction
Debt and development links www.makepovertyhistory.org
Contemporary Conflict & Challenges
The Big Mac Thesis
Location and causes of conflict
What conflicts have you heard of?
BBC One Day of War
Conflict through the twentieth century
Examples of current conflicts: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/index.html
The Miniatlas of Global Security
Conflict case studies
African conflicts
Darfur is Dying
Conflict in Georgia
Ethiopia versus Eritrea
Separatism
Definition and concepts
Article on separatist wars
Globalisation, development and separatism
Profiles of Eritrea
Everything you wanted to know about Eritrea
