This resource has been comprehensively updated to cover all eight options of Units A2 1 and A2 2 of the current CCEA A2 Geography specification. It has been through a thorough quality assurance process and is endorsed by CCEA.

Following the same content as the specification, the text is illustrated throughout with full colour maps, graphs, photographs and diagrams. It also features questions of examination standard and a glossary of keyterms for each option. In line with the specification, both local and global case studies are included to give students a well-rounded understanding of the scope of geographical issues.

CONTENTS:

Unit A2 1: Physical Processes, Landforms and Management

Option A Plate Tectonics – Theory and Outcomes

1. Plate Tectonics: Margins and Landforms
2. Volcanic Activity and its Management
3. Seismic Activity and its Management

Option B Tropical Ecosystems – Nature and Sustainability

1. Locations and Climates of Major Tropical Biomes
2. Management and Sustainability in Arid/Semi-Arid Tropical Ecosystems
3. Management and Sustainability in the Tropical Forest Environment

Option C Dynamic Coastal Environments

1. Coastal Processes and Features
2. Regional Coastlines
3. Coastal Management and Sustainability

Option D Climate Change – Past and Present

1. Natural Climate Change Processes
2. Lowland Glacial Landscapes
3. Current Global Climate Change: Human Causes and Impacts
4. Managing Global Climate Change

Unit A2 2: Processes and Issues in Human Geography

Option A Cultural Geography

1. Cultural Geography
2. Migration
3. The Geographies of Cyberspace

Option B Planning for Sustainable Settlements

1. Sustainable Development
2. Urban Planning and Design in Relation to Sustainability
3. Traffic and Transport

Option C Ethnic Diversity

1. The Definition of Ethnicity
2. The Processes that Create and Maintain Ethnic Diversity
3. Ethnic Conflict

Option D Tourism

1. The Changing Nature of Tourism
2. Challenges and Management of Mass Tourism
3. Ecotourism: Opportunities, Challenges and Regulation

Glossary