Case+Study+list

__From Wide World (The official magazine of GCSE Geography) - "Improve your grade" articles__

 * [|Improve your grade - Writing good case study answers.pdf]
 * [|Improve your grade - Revising case studies.pdf]

__ Population __ __ Settlements __
 * Internal migration in Malaysia (pdf file)
 * Mexicans migrating to the U.S. (textbook, p.30)
 * Afghan refugees (forced migration) (computer notes)
 * China’s one-child policy (population control) (textbook p.13)
 * Ageing population (many examples - China and Italy from textbook p. 15, also Japan and UK in notes)
 * Youthful population (India) (textbook p. 12, more in notes)
 * Effect of HIV/AIDS (Africa in general, Zimbabwe specifically)
 * Osaka-Kobe (dealing with massive growth in limited space) (textbook p. 70)
 * New York City (example of urban decay and renewal) (textbook p. 50)
 * Slum/Favela life in Rio di Janerio, Brazil (textbook p. 86)

__ Tectonics __ __ Rivers/Coasts __
 * Kobe, Japan (MEDC earthquake example) (textbook p. 270)
 * Tangshan, China (LEDC earthquake example) (pdf file)
 * Mt. St. Helen's, USA (MEDC volcano example) (textbook p. 266)
 * Mt. Merapi, Indonesia (LEDC volcano example) (textbook p. 268)
 * Bangladesh floods (LEDC example) (textbook p. 288)
 * Lynmouth floods (MEDC example) (textbook p. 286)
 * Three Gorges project (example of human use and management)(textbook p. 294)
 * New Forest (coastal management) (textbook p. 306)
 * Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (tropical storm/coastal flooding in an LEDC) (computer, but there is a similar case study about storm surges in India on textbook p. 312)

__ Weather/Climate/Ecosystems __
 * Deforestation in the Amazon (textbook p. 236)
 * Desertification in the Sahel (textbook p. 256)

__ Agricultural systems __
 * Subsistence rice farming in the Ganges Basin (India and Bangladesh) (textbook p. 112)
 * Large–scale commercial farming in Denmark (textbook p.102)
 * The Green Revolution (as a means of raising production, also environmental effects) (texbook p. 113)

__ Industrial systems __
 * High-tech manufacture (Osaka-Kobe)(textbook p.152)
 * Relocation of steel manufacture in the UK (textbook p.138)

__ Tourism and Leisure activities __


 * Machu Picchu (example of need for conservation) (GATW worksheet)
 * European ski resorts (example of need for conservation) (GATW worksheet)
 * Goa, India (example of negative environmental and social impacts) (scan on computer)

__ Energy and Water resources __


 * Drought in Afghanistan (GATW worksheet)
 * WaterAid (GATW worksheet + video)