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Wider Ground: Geography for GCSE

Category: GCSE Geography

Colourpoint's classic GCSE textbook Higher Ground: A Geography of Northern Ireland for GCSE forms the basis for this bigger, bolder and better text. This new book contains all the relevant information from the original edition - revised and updated for 2005 - along with completely new material.

The text's scope is now global as well as local, with brand new case studies on the following topics:
> Kobe earthquake
> South-East Asian tsunami (26 Dec 2004)
> River Bann
> Ecosystem in Kenya's savannah
> Ecotourism in Kenya
> Population distribution in Italy
> Water pumps in South Africa
> Traffic control in Paris.

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Designed with a user-friendly format, this lively full-colour book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and diagrams. Appropriate questions are incorporated into each section.

The six GCSE themes are covered:
Theme A: Atmosphere and Human Impact
Theme B: Physical Processes and Challenges
Theme C: Ecosystems and Sustainability
Theme D: Population and Resources
Theme E: Economic Change and Development
Theme F: Settlements and Change

The sample pages below are taken from
> The Case Study on the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
> The Case Study on the Savannah in Kenya.
> The Case Study on traffic problems in Paris.

The Author

Derek Polley is Head of Geography in Nendrum College, Comber. He graduated with a BA from Queen's University Belfast in 1969 and added a Diploma in Education 1970. He taught for two years in Sierra Leone. He has also taught in Ballynahinch High, Movilla High and Knockbreda High before being appointed to Comber High School (now Nendrum College) in 1991. This has given him wide experience of teaching Geography to the Junior School and also at CSE, 'O' level, GCSE and 'A' level. His first book, Home Ground for Key Stage 3, was published by Colourpoint in 1999.

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