Our Dynamic World 1
Core Book
Published on 20. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-7171-3518-9 (ISBN)
Description
Our Dynamic World 1: Core Book is written with both Higher and Ordinary level students in mind.
Packed with full-colour diagrams, maps and photographs. Contains plenty of activities which test the student's ability to handle a variety of examination-type questions.
A sample of a completed fieldwork report is presented for the guidance of students, together with advice on handling this essential part of the course.
New syllabus checklist is included for ease of reference.
Packed with full-colour diagrams, maps and photographs. Contains plenty of activities which test the student's ability to handle a variety of examination-type questions.
A sample of a completed fieldwork report is presented for the guidance of students, together with advice on handling this essential part of the course.
New syllabus checklist is included for ease of reference.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
963 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-3518-9 (9780717135189)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Patrick O'Dwyer, Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Doon, Co. Limerick, is highly regarded by geography teachers throughout Ireland for his widely used textbooks, particularly Landscapes of the World, as well as for his popular 'Less Stress: More Success' revision guides for both Junior and Leaving Certificate geography. Barry Brunt, Department of Geography and European Studies, University College, Cork, is well-known to geography teachers for his established textbook Western Europe and also for his unique expertise on regional development within the EU and throughout the world.
Content
Section 1 Earth's Internal Forces and Structures
1 The Tectonic Cycle
Section 2 How Rocks are Formed and Changed
2 The Rock Cycle
Section 3 How Landforms are Created
3 Landform of Tectonic Activity
4 Understanding Ordnance Survey Maps
5 Understanding Photographs
6 Landforms Influenced by Rock Characteristics
7 Landforms of Denudation
8 Landforms of Isostasy
9 How Humans Interact with the Earth's Processes
Section 4 Regions
10 What is a Region?
11 Climatic Regions
12 Physical Regions
13 Administrative Regions
14 Cultural Regions
15 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Cores and Peripheries
16 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Regions of Industrial Decline
17 Urban Regions
Section 5 The Dynamics of a Region
18 Ireland: Contrasts Between East and West
19 The Mezzogiorno
20 Norrland
21 India
Section 6 The Complexity of a Region
22 Economic, Political and Cultural Activities in Regions
23 Cultural Groups and Political Regions
24 The Future of the European Union
Section 7 How Regions Change Over Time
25 Changing Boundaries in Language Regions
26 Urban Growth and City Regions
27 Development and Expansion of the EU
28 Changing Political Boundaries and Cultural Groups
Section 8 Fieldwork Investigation
29 Sample Fieldwork Exercise Report
1 The Tectonic Cycle
Section 2 How Rocks are Formed and Changed
2 The Rock Cycle
Section 3 How Landforms are Created
3 Landform of Tectonic Activity
4 Understanding Ordnance Survey Maps
5 Understanding Photographs
6 Landforms Influenced by Rock Characteristics
7 Landforms of Denudation
8 Landforms of Isostasy
9 How Humans Interact with the Earth's Processes
Section 4 Regions
10 What is a Region?
11 Climatic Regions
12 Physical Regions
13 Administrative Regions
14 Cultural Regions
15 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Cores and Peripheries
16 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Regions of Industrial Decline
17 Urban Regions
Section 5 The Dynamics of a Region
18 Ireland: Contrasts Between East and West
19 The Mezzogiorno
20 Norrland
21 India
Section 6 The Complexity of a Region
22 Economic, Political and Cultural Activities in Regions
23 Cultural Groups and Political Regions
24 The Future of the European Union
Section 7 How Regions Change Over Time
25 Changing Boundaries in Language Regions
26 Urban Growth and City Regions
27 Development and Expansion of the EU
28 Changing Political Boundaries and Cultural Groups
Section 8 Fieldwork Investigation
29 Sample Fieldwork Exercise Report