Topics

Tectonics

Climate change
Ecosystems

Edexcel A 2016

Y and UK focus
Y TRF and
deciduous
woodland in UK

Water resources Y drought and

Water
consumption**
Coasts
Y - option*

Oceans
Population
Resources

Globalisation
Development

Y - UK

Edexcel B 2016
Y management of
volcanic and
earthquake in MEDC
and LEDC/EC
Y
Y TRF and taiga

AQA 2016
Y two contrasting
country case studies

Y
Y TRF and hot
deserts or cold
environments

OCR A 2016

OCR B 2016
Y case study

Y
Y TRF, Coral reefs

Y
Y TRF case study
and Polar
environments smallscale and global
management case
studies

Y case study*

Y case study

Y coral reefs
Y - UK

Y - UK

Y**

Y case study of
landform and
management*

Y UK and LEDC/EC Y linked to

megacity
development
Y Water or Energy** Y - Energy
Y Overview then
choose two from
Food, water or
energy in depth
Y emerging
country study
Y country study of Y emerging
Y tourism, LIC/NEE
LEDC/EC
country study
case study

Y UK - food,
energy, water

Y food security
case study of one
country

Y country study of Y case study of

LIDC/EDC
LIC, top down and
bottom-up

UK economic
change

Urban

Landscapes
Rivers

Y Study of major Y one megacity in

UK city and LEDC/EC LEDC/EC ; inner-city
city
of one major UK
city*
Y
Y
Y option*
Y**

Glaciation

Y - option*

Weather hazards Y cyclones in

Y - cyclones
MEDC and LEDC/EC
and drought in
MEDC and LEDC/EC

Economic change

Rural
Food

UK
cultural/political
influence

Y Emerging
country study

Y major city in
LIC/NEE and UK;
urban transport
Y
Y case study of
landform and
management*
Y case study of
landform and
management*
Y case study of
tropical storm, UK
extreme weather

Y growth or
deindustrialisation
case study
Y one major UK
city and major city
in LIDC/EDC

Y
Y

Y One city in an AC
and LIDC or EDC
issues and
sustainability
Y
Y case study*

Y case study*

Y case study*

Y UK flood event,
El Nino/La Nina
drought event case
study

Y case studies of
flash flooding or
tropical storms and
heat wave or
drought one UK
and one non-UK

Y LIC or NEE, more Y

sustainable
industrial
development in UK
Y - UK*
Y option in
resources

Y food security
case study of one
country
Y

Atmosphere
system
Fieldwork

Options

Two enquiries
Rivers or coasts and
rural or urban
* choose two
** choose one

Two enquiries
Rivers or coasts and
rural or urban
* choose one
** choose one

Two enquiries
Two enquiries
Physical and human Physical and human
based on Unit 1 or 2
* choose two
* choose one
* choose one