Poverty Latest from the news preparation for Unit 3

Here are a couple of things that you might find useful for Unit 3 in the poverty section. The first is from the Economist click here.


The second is a series on BBC World at the moment focusing on Why Poverty.  This should be available on the BBC World website. Click schedules to see when it is on.

Year 12 - revision keywords

Coasts

Rivers

Year 12 Revision

Bangladesh Flooding and FAP

http://coolgeography.co.uk/- Flooding in Bangladesh

Mock Exam Unit 3 29 May 2013

The mock exam for Unit 3 will be held on Wednesday 29 May 2013 starting at 08.00 hours.

Year 9 - China City Study

Imagine you had to put together a factfile about Dubai!

It would be easy!! However - you need to do it for one of the top 10 Chinese cities (by population)

For your chosen city find out and elaborate on the following topics:

Location - map etc - 2 maps? - different scales

Photo’s

Population - current & growth

Wealth - GDP?

Main language(s)

Main industries - tourism? manufacturing? Trade? Finance?

Infrastructure - Int airport? Port, New Billion dollar metro etc

Physical surroundings - mountains, rivers, plains, deserts, seas

Nearby cities

Weather & Climate

Hazards - flooding, EQ’s, volcanoes

Tourism - Famous Landmarks, monuments

Any notable historical events

British School?

Links to Dubai?

China Inequality - How the Rich and the Poor compare

Year 13 - China Earthquake

China learning the lessons from 2008?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22244805

http://www.newser.com/article/da5qu4l02/china-hones-its-disaster-relief-in-latest-deadly-quake-with-helicopters-and-portable-atms.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578438753889726678.html