H2 Geography notes

H2 Geography - syllabus 9173, 2027

• Environment and resources

  Explain sustainable development, resource limits and choices about energy, shared rivers and extraction.

• Development and the global economy

  Follow trade, investment and workers across borders, and explain how firms, states and institutions shape uneven development.

• Tropical climates and drainage basins

  Explain tropical rainfall, track water through a drainage basin, and judge how well floods can be managed.

• Landforms in the tropics

  Explain how rocks, slopes and rivers change, then connect those processes to tropical karst, meanders, braided channels and deltas.

• Cities in a sustainable future

  Explain urban growth, waste, housing and reimaging, then assess what makes cities liveable for different residents.

• The future with climate change

  Use past climates and present evidence to explain warming, trace unequal impacts, and evaluate mitigation and adaptation.

• Fieldwork and geographical skills

  Plan an investigation, read its evidence and decide how far to trust its conclusions.