The New Wider World: Foundation Edition

Part 1 Population: population density; positive and negative factors; physical and human factors; population structure. Part 2 Settlement: settlement location factors; siting a settlement; types of settlement; settlement functions; changing functions. Part 3 Urbanization: land use in the city; docklands redevelopment - the problem; docklands redevelopment - the solution; docklands redevelopment - winners and losers; the spread of the cities; urban traffic problems; out-of-town shopping. Part 4 Urbanization in developing countries: urban poulation; rural-to-urban migration; urban poverty; life in a shanty town; urban land use; urban problems. Part 5 Migration: types of migration; ethnic minorities in Britain; multicultural Britain; internal migration in Britain; moving to the country; migrant workers. Part 6 Farming: farming process; British farming; farming in Europe; farming in southern Italy; farming in Japan; intensive farming in Japan; rice farming in Japan; Japanese farming; the hedgerow problem. Part 7 Energy resources: renewable and non-renewable resources; daily resources; non-renewable energy; renewable energy resources; fuels as natural resources; nuclear energy; wind power; wind farms. Part 8 Industry: an industrial system; location of industry; factors in location of industry; South Wales iron industry; modern industry location factors; science or business parks; science park location factors; marketing a science park; Trafford Park. Part 9 Tourism: tourism growth; planning in National Parks; activities in National Parks; conflict in National Parks; planning in National Parks; quarries in National Parks; National Parks quarries and planning; National Parks mines and quarries; tourism in Spain; tourism in the Alps; tourism in Chamonix; tourism in Kenya; Kenyan tourism. Part 10 World development: employment structure; north and south; development; social indicators; interdependence; single product economies; short and long term aid; problems with world aid. Part 11 Weather and climate: the UK climate; climate in the UK; weather investigations; depression over the UK; anticyclones; world climates; four climate types; tropical storm; hurricane warning; acid rain; global warming. Part 12 Ecosystems: ecosystems; living systems; wetlands; sustainable development; Brazilian rainforest; tropical rainforest; Mediterranean vegetation; vegetation of the hot deserts. Part 13 Rocks and soils: types of rock; rock types in the UK; limestone scenery; weathering of rocks; weathering; soil erosion; reducing soil erosion. Part 14 Plate tectonics: earthquake regions; volcanoes; volcanic activity; earthquake damage; causes of earthquakes; the Earth's plates; Mount St. Helen's effects of volcanic eruption; newspaper report. Part 15 Drainage basins and rivers: the course of a river; waterfalls; meanders; river flooding; pollution of rivers; river pollution; river dam (part contents)