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IGCSE Geography – Case Study (7 marks) list 2017-2019

1.1 – Population
Case Study What we used Notes Check that I have it
A country which is Bangladesh Piktochart
over-populated

A country which is Australia Piktochart

under-populated

A country with a high China Links to the One Child

level of natural Policy in China. OCP
population growth has slowed it but it
remains fast.
A country with a low France We covered this when
rate of population we looked at
growth (or decline) population pyramids.
Any country with a
low fertility rate, more
gender equal society,
ageing population etc.
will fit into this
category.
An International Mexico to the USA Make sure you are up
Migration to date with
developments on the
border wall / Trump
since we learnt about
this.
A country with a high The Gambia Podcast and 7 mark
dependent population essay question

A densely populated Hong Kong / This was the

country Singapore photography
comparison task &
worksheet.

A sparsely population Australia Ensure you have the

country population per KM2
and the reasons why it
is sparsely populated.
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1.2 – Settlement
Case Study What we used Notes Check that I have it
Settlement & Service Toulouse A3 sheet and
Provision in an area hierarchy of
settlement worksheet

Problems of urban Toulouse (congestion, Airbus schemes to

areas, their causes urban sprawl) reduce congestion
and solutions booklet and questions
Rio – Shanty towns
and schemes to A3 double sided sheet
improve lives of part completed by me.
residents
A rapidly growing Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Ross Kemp on Gangs
urban area in a video.
developing country
and migration to it Should Margarita stay
or go?

A3 double sided sheet

part completed by me.

2.1 – Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Case Study What we used Notes Check that I have it
An earthquake Japan 2011 Triple disaster case
study

A volcano Nevado del Ruiz 1985 Eruption and fatal

lahar flow

2.2 - Rivers
River Features River Garonne Upper, Middle &
Lower Course

River Flooding Bareges Flood Event Interactive study using

2013 Mr Podbury video.

2.2 Coasts
Tropical Storms Hurricane Matthew This also fits into the
weather & climate
section

Features No case studies Coastal features

including erosional,
transportation &
depositional features
as well as coral reefs
& sand dunes.
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2.5 – Climate & Vegetation

An area of rainforest Brazil Video / activities
Follow the Frog

An area of desert The Sahel A3 sheet

Formation of deserts
worksheet (from
geographyalltheway).
Desertification

3.1 – Economic Development

A transnational Airbus Worksheets (note, not
corporation and its the A380 production
global links tasks)

3.2 – Food Production

A farm or agricultural Subsistence Farming A3 sheet
system in India

Fairoaks Commercial Worksheet

Farm - USA
A country of region Yemen Podcast and notes
suffering from food based on the tasks on
shortage the website.

Food Aid charity

3.3 – Industry
An industrial zone or a Airbus & A380 A3 mapping task &
factory manufacture inputs, processes,
outputs.

Future high-tech
industry

3.4 – Tourism
An area where Bali, Asia. Self study work pack
tourism is important set over the last half
term.

3.5 – Energy
Energy supply in a HEP – China Worksheets from
country or an area geographypods as well
Thermal – UK as whole class
presentations (with
Nuclear – France dodgy diagrams!)
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3.6 – Water Supply

Water supply in a Global Trends Background work
country or an area from geographypods

Case study – Tanzania Specific case study

(Africa). sheet
3.7 – Environmental Risks
An area where The Pearl Delta, China Worksheet from
economic geographypods
development is taking
place causing the
environment to be at Reduce, Reuse, Worksheet from
risk Recycle geographypods.