Eduqas GCSE Geography A · C111

Eduqas GCSE Geography A Component 2

Environmental and Development Issues

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Marks: 84
Weighting: 35% of the GCSE

From the Eduqas specification (opens in a new tab), Version 2, PDF page 16.

3 sections · 43 revision notes · 7 past papers

What’s on Component 2

Section A Environmental and Development Issues Core Themes

Weather, Climate and Ecosystems · Development and Resource Issues24 notes

Core Theme 5 Weather, Climate and Ecosystems

5.1.1 Evidence for Climate Change

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5.1.2

Causes of Climate Change

5.2.1 Weather Hazards: Causes and Responses 3 notes

5.2.2 Variations in UK Weather and Climate

5.3.1 Distribution of Large-Scale Ecosystems

5.3.2 Ecosystem Processes at Different Scales 2 notes

5.4.1 Human Use of Ecosystems

5.4.2 Human Modification of Ecosystem Processes

5.4.3 Sustainable Ecosystem Management

Core Theme 6 Development and Resource Issues

6.1.1 Measuring Economic Development
6.2.1 Uneven Global Development 3 notes
6.2.2 Responses to Uneven Development
6.3.1 Changing Demand for Water
6.3.2 Sustainable Water Management 3 notes
6.4.1 Regional Economic Development in LICs/NICs
6.4.2 Regional Economic Development in the UK
6.4.3 Reducing UK Regional Inequalities

Environmental and Development Issues Core Themes overview

Section B Environmental and Development Issues

Social Development · Environmental Challenges11 notes

Theme 7 Social Development

7.1.1 Measuring Social Development
7.2.1 Challenges to Social Development 3 notes
7.2.2 Health Care Issues in sub-Saharan Africa

Theme 8 Environmental Challenges

8.1.1 Impacts of Consumerism on the Environment 2 notes
- Ecological Footprints and Consumer-Driven Ecosystem Destruction
- Consumerism: Food Supply Chains and Waste Disposal
8.1.2 Climate Change Impacts and Responses 2 notes

Environmental and Development Issues overview

Appendix A Mathematics and Statistics in Geography

Numerical and Statistical Skills · Presentation and Processing SkillsOn every paper8 notes

Numerical and Statistical Skills

Numerical Skills 2 notes
- Quantitative Map Skills and Data Interpretation
- Fieldwork Data Collection, Sampling and Sketches
Statistical Skills 2 notes
- Statistical Measures, Percentage Change and Distributions
- Relationships, Predictions and Statistical Limitations

Presentation and Processing Skills

Cartographic Skills 2 notes
- Map Location, Measurement and Relief
- Interpreting Map Types and GIS Spatial Patterns
Graphical Skills 2 notes
- Selecting, Constructing and Interpreting Graphs

Mathematics and Statistics in Geography overview

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Climate Change Impacts and Geographical Futures

Climate Change Responses, Technologies and Lifestyles

8.2.1 Management and Restoration of Ecosystems 2 notes

Interpreting Population Pyramids and Thematic Maps

What’s on Component 2

Section A Environmental and Development Issues Core Themes

Core Theme 5 Weather, Climate and Ecosystems

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