WJEC Specification B is a direct development of the popular Avery Hill course and retains its issue-based, investigative approach to geography. It is based around three themes:

1. Challenges of living in a built environment

2. Physical processes and relationships between people and environment

3. Uneven development and sustainable environments.

Contents

Theme 1 - Challenges of Living in a Built Environment
Chapter 1: Variation in quality of life and access to housing
Chapter 2: Access to services and changing service provision
Chapter 3: Urbanisation
Chapter 4: Planning issues in built environments
Chapter 5: Rural change and planning issues

Theme 2 - Physical Processes and Relationships between People and Environments
Chapter 1: Weather and climate
Chapter 2: Ecosystems
Chapter 3: The issue of desertification
Chapter 4: River processes and landforms
Chapter 5: Coastal processes and coastal management

Theme 3 - Uneven Development and Sustainable Environments
Chapter 1: Employment structures and opportunities
Chapter 2: The location of economic activities
Chapter 3: Economic activity and the environment
Chapter 4: Development
Chapter 5: Development issues and water
Chapter 6: Interdependence

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