OCR A2 Geography: Textbook

Summary:
OCR A2 Geography has been written specifically to meet the needs of A2 students following the OCR specification. It provides thorough coverage of both units — Global Issues and Geographical Skills — and matches the structure of the course precisely.
Guidance on exam technique and sample exam-style questions, together with detailed mark schemes and examiner commentaries, are available online.
OCR A2 Geography takes as its framework the themes that dominate geography in the early twenty-first century:
• environmental issues, including natural hazards and the human impact on ecosystems
• economic issues, with the focus on population and resources, globalisation and development and inequality

The essential toolkit for geographical enquiry is covered in the Geographical Skills section. Hypothesis testing, through data collection, data description and data analysis, is explained using a wide range of original fieldwork studies.
Each chapter of this highly accessible text includes the following special features:
• up-to-date case studies
• key questions and ideas at the start of each topic
• in-depth studies of individual topics
• end-of-chapter review questions

An accompanying Teacher Guide, available for purchase by teachers, offers answers to all the questions as well as providing a range of classroom support materials.

This comprehensive and exam-focused text is essential reading for all OCR A2 geography students.

• Up-to-date relevant case studies.
  

• Key questions and ideas at the start of each topic.
  

• In-depth studies of individual topics.
  

• End-of-chapter examination-style questions to consolidate and test understanding.
  

• Free online resources offering guidance on exam technique and sample exam-style questions, together with graded answers and detailled commentaries.
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Global Issues
Section A: Environmental Issues
Earth hazards
Mass movement and slope failure hazards
Flood hazards
Earthquake and volcanic hazards
The impacts of human activity on earth hazards
Managing earth hazards
Ecosystems and environments under threat
Ecosystems
Coastal dune ecosystems
Local ecosystems under threat from human activity
The impact of human activity on the physical environment
Managing physical environments sustainably
Climatic hazards
Hurricanes and tornadoes
Extreme weather conditions: snow, cold spells, heat waves and drought
The variable impact of climatic hazards
Reducing the impact of climatic hazards
Human activity and the cause of climatic hazards
Section B: Economic Issues
Population and resources
Population change over time
Definition and classification of natural resources
The supply and use of resources
Changing demand for resources in China and the Congo DR
Managing the supply and demand for resources — the Common Fisheries Policy
Globalisation
Defining globalisation
The issues associated with globalisation
Transnational corporations and globalisation
International trade and aid
Managing the impacts of globalisation
Development and inequalities
Global contrasts in development and quality of life
Explaining levels of development and inequalities
The ‘development gap’ and recent changes
The impact of economic inequalities on environmental issues
Reducing social and economic inequalities
Geographical skills
Geographical skills
Geographical investigation
Data sources
Collecting and recording data
Data presentation
Statistical analysis

About the Author(s):
Michael Raw is Head of Geography at Bradford Grammar School, a senior examiner, and the author of numerous AS and A-level publications.