Geography

Course summary

Component 1: Physical Geography · Water and carbon cycles (natural systems, the water cycle, the carbon cycle, water, carbon, climate and life on earth); · Coasts as natural systems (systems and processes, coastal landscape development, coastal management); · Hazards (concept of a hazard, plate tectonics, volcanic hazards, seismic hazards, storm hazards, fires in nature). Component 2: Human Geography · Global systems and global governance (globalisation, global systems, international trade and access to markets, global governance, the “global commons”, Antarctica as a global common, globalisation critique); · Changing places (the nature and importance of places, relationships, connections, meaning and representation, place studies); · Contemporary urban environments (urbanisation, urban forms, social and economic issues associated with urbanisation, urban climate, urban drainage, urban waste and its disposal, other contemporary urban environmental issues, sustainable urban development). Component 3: Geography Fieldwork Investigation · Compulsory 4 days fieldwork involving data collection in the field; · 3-4,000 words