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Human Geography

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A-Level Geography revision: Human Geography. Learning objectives, key points, worked examples and practice questions across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA.

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📌 Key Points

Key Fact: Urbanisation: % urban pop increasing; megacities >10M; counterurbanisation (rich to rural); reurbanisation (gentrification)
Key Fact: DTM: Stage 1 (high BR/DR), 2 (falling DR), 3 (falling BR), 4 (low BR/DR), 5 (BR<DR); Pyramids: expanding, stationary, contracting
Key Fact: Migration: push (war, poverty, enviro) vs pull (jobs, safety, services); Lee's model
Key Fact: Development: HDI (health, education, income); GNI per capita; inequality (Gini, Lorenz)
Key Fact: Globalisation: time-space compression; TNCs; global supply chains; winners/losers
Key Fact: Sustainability: Brundtland def; ecological footprint; SDGs 17 goals

🎯 Learning Objectives

  • Analyse urbanisation trends: megacities, counterurbanisation, reurbanisation, suburbanisation
  • Understand population change: demographic transition model, population pyramids, migration (push/pull)
  • Evaluate development indicators: HDI, GNI, literacy, life expectancy; inequalities
  • Explain globalisation: flows of capital, labour, goods, ideas; TNCs, supply chains
  • Assess sustainability: ecological footprint, SDGs, resource management

💡 Worked Example

Exam-Style Question

Question: Explain how a country's position in the Demographic Transition Model affects its population pyramid shape

Model Answer:

Stage 2 (e.g. Nigeria): high BR, falling DR -> wide base (many young), narrow top (few elderly), pyramidal. Stage 4 (e.g. UK): low BR, low DR -> narrower base, wider top, columnar. Stage 5 (e.g. Japan): BR<DR -> contracting base, bulge at top, inverted pyramid

❓ Practice Questions

Questions:

  • Compare urbanisation in LIC vs HIC
  • Interpret a population pyramid for Stage 3
  • Explain push/pull factors for rural-urban migration
  • Evaluate HDI vs GNI as development measures
  • Assess impacts of a TNC in a host country

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