Know the causes for fragile environments, Learn about rivers and their systems,
deforestation, desertification and climate the landforms they create in upstream
change and its impacts. and downstream.
Know how technology reduces this Know the fluvial processes and
impacts and the different ways taken to characteristics of rivers. Learn the risks
manage a tropical rainforest. of flooding and causes and control of it.
RIVER
ENVIRONMENTS
Learn about
urbanisation and Learn about
megacities and earthquakes,
problems caused by tropical cyclones
this and the factors FRAGILE HAZARDOUS and volcanoes,
affecting urban land ENVIRONMENTS ENVIRONMENTS their
use pattern. characteristics,
Know the urban
GEOGRAPHY causes and primary
challenges faced and secondary
and the recent impacts.
changes happening Know the scales
in rural urban ECONOMIC used to measure
fringe. Know how to URBAN ACTIVITY these hazards and
make urban living ENVIRONMENTS AND ENERGY how to predict,
more sustainable. prepare and
recover from a
Learn the four economic sectors, informal employment and locational factors hazard.
and the causes for shifts in sectors and its impacts.
Learn theories of relationship between resources and population and reasons
for energy demand and how energy can be used in a sustainab le way.