Geography for the IB Diploma Patterns and Change

Two new coursebooks for the Geography for the IB Diploma syllabus.

Paul Guinness (Author)

9780521147330, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 October 2010

296 pages
27.5 x 22 x 1.4 cm, 0.83 kg

Two new coursebooks for the Geography for the IB Diploma syllabus. This lively coursebook covers the four compulsory topics of the Core theme, Patterns and Change, in the Geography syllabus for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. It is written in clear, accessible English by a highly experienced author and former head of Geography at a major IB school in the UK. The coursebook contains: key questions outlining the issues for each topic; case studies selected from every continent; activities and geographical skills guidance; discussion points and research ideas; integrated Theory of Knowledge links; examination-style questions; definitions of key terms and useful web links.

Introduction
Section 1. Populations in Transition: 1. Population changes
2. Responses to high and low fertility
3. Movement responses: migration
4. Gender and change
Section 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development: 5. Measurements of regional and global disparities
6. Origins of disparities
7. Disparities and change
8. Reducing disparities
Section 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability: 8. Atmosphere and change
9. Soil and change
10. Water and change
11. Biodiversity and change
12. Sustainability and the environment
Section 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption: 13. Patterns of resource consumption
14. Changing patterns of energy consumption
15. The changing importance of other energy sources
16. Conservation strategies
Index
Acknowledgements.

Subject Areas: Educational: Geography [YQG]