Granville
Sports College
GCSE Revision Topics
2016 - 2017
Subject – Geography
Pages refer to the Letts Geography Revision Guide
Topic
Challenges of living in
a built environment
Detail about topic
Communities and neighbourhoods
Quality of life and standard of living
Urbanisation and MEDCs and LEDCs page 50/54
Urban models in MEDCs and LEDCs (e.g Burgess and
Hoyt)
Population distribution, birth/death rates page 42/43
Population control (case study of China’s One Child
Policy) page 45
Population Structure (pyramids) page 44
Demographic Transition Model page 43
Moving to cities (push and pull factors) page 46
Causes of migration (for example on the countryside)
(case study of Mexico and Turkey) page 47
Effects of migration (for example on the countryside)
(case study of Mexico and Turkey) page 47
Types of migrants (for example economic migrants,
refugees) Page 49.
Counter-urbanisation
Transport in cities (case study of BART in San Francisco,
DLR in London) page 52
Commuting, hierarchy and sphere of influence page 49
Shopping in urban areas (out of town shopping centres)
(case study of Metro Centre, Gateshead and
Meadowhall Sheffield)
Housing – tenure, local access to MEDC city – (case
study of Leicester)
Council housing – Right to Buy Scheme (case study of
Leicester)
Inner City Decline (case study of London Docklands)
page 51
Redevelopment scheme (case study of Inner City
Challenge in Leicester and the London Docklands)
1960s/70s tower blocks (case study of Leicester)
Tick/date when
revised
Urban-rural fringe, green belts (case study of Leicester)
Services in cities (case study of Leicester)
Access to housing in an LEDC city – Mumbai, India. Page
53
Slum development scheme (case study of Mumbai
India) page 53
Self-help schemes (case study of Sao Paulo) Page 55
Physical processes
and relationships
between people and
environments
Comparing a MEDC city (Leicester) and an LEDC city
(Mexico City) Page 54
Problems in cities (MEDC example –Los Angeles, LEDC
example Rio De Janeiro) Page 55
Climate graphs page 14
Types of rainfall
Weather systems/maps page 15
Depressions and anticyclones – features and differences
page 15
Mediterranean climate – holidays
Severe weather (monsoon and drought) – case study of
India Page 17
Tropical Storms (hurricanes/cyclones) case study of
Hurricane Katrina Page 16
Polar Regions (example of Antartica)
Heat Islands
Ecosystems and cycles – inputs, outputs, flows, stores
page 18
Types of ecosystems Page 18
Nutrient cycle page 19
Changing Tropics (Case study of Sahel)
Destruction of the tropical rainforest (case study of the
Amazonian rainforest, Brazil) Page 19
Tundra ecosystem page 21
Woodland Ecosystem (for example National Forest)
Page 18
Wetland Ecosystem (case study of the Mediterranean
Sea – River Po Delta)
Global Warming – how it occurs and effects (case study
of the UK)
Hydrological cycle Page 24
Drainage basins Page 24
River systems – inputs, outputs, stores and flows
Hydrographs (or discharge graphs)
River processes – erosion, transportation and
deposition Page 25-25
Meanders and ox-bow lakes Page 26
Waterfalls (case study of Niagra Falls) Page 26
Physical processes
and relationships
between people and
environments
Problems in cities (MEDC example –Los Angeles, LEDC
example Rio De Janeiro) Page 55
Delta formation (case study of River Ganges,
Bangladesh and River Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico in
USA) Page 27
Water supply and demand page 82-83
Use of dams (case study of Three Gorges Dam, China)
Flooding effects and control methos (case study of
Piedmont in Italy, Lynmouth in UK, Bangladesh, River
Mississippi in USA)
Weathering and erosion
Coastal processes – erosion transportation and
deposition page 30-31
Longshore drift Page 31
Spit formation Page 33
Headlands and bays Page 32
Erosion of cliffs Page 32
Uneven development
and sustainable
environments
Caves, arches and stacks (case study of Old Harry Rocks
and Durdle Door in Dorset) Page 32
Protection of the coastline (case study of Barton Cliffs
and Bangladesh) Page 34
Different types of work – formal, informal, self
employed
Employment structure – primary, secondary, tertiary,
quaternary Page 62
Changes over time (increasing development = more
employed in tertiary industries and less in primary
sector) Page 65
Poverty (case study of India’s slums and Rio De Janeiro’s
favelas)
Women and development – differences between
genders and changing inequality
Education and exploitation (case study of India – adult
literacy rates and treatment of children)
Development terms (for example the Brandt line,
MEDC,LEDC)Page 68
Measuring development Page 68
Types of development – economical, cultural social
Case Study – development of UK in 20th and 21st
centuries (inward investment)
Case Study – development of a region in decline – South
Wales. Page 63-65
Case Study – multi-national company (Lucky Goldstar
from South Korea) Page 67
Case study – newly Industrialising country (South Korea)
Page 67
Multiplier effect (positive and negative)
Globalisation Page 66
International trade – e.g. the effects on LEDCs Page 7071
Trade versus aid Page 70-71
The effects of human activity on national parks (case
study of Castleton, Derbyshire) Page 74-75
Sustainable development Page 78
Tourism Page 74-77
Acid Rain – how it occurs and effects
Also on either of your exams, it is likely that you will be asked questions that
require map skills. You need to remember how to use skills such as distance,
height, scale and also 4 + 6 figure grid references.
Use Page 86-88 in the revision guide to help you.