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[License:  Some rights reserved by juhansonin] As we begin to explore macroeconomics, it is worth thinking about some of the key things that we will be looking at and how they apply to a real life country. Economists agree that there are four main macroeconomic goals which most governments consider when managing their economy (and [...]

[Source: flickr kevin.j Some rights reserved] The IGCSE Geography syllabus requires that you can do the following related things:  A) Land Use Zones 1) Describe and give reasons for the characteristics of land use zones of urban areas in LEDCs. 2) Identify the differences in the patterns of urban structures in cities of LEDCs and MEDCs. [...]

Here is an excellent video summary of changes over time in the London Docklands, courtesy of BBC’s Learning Zone. Use these resources to build up case-study material for the decline and regeneration of the London Docklands in East London, UK. General Information on the Inner City: geobytesgcse.blogspot.com on the inner city rchambers/GeoBytes on the Inner [...]

  Image source: opengecko.com The site and situation of a settlement are really important to understanding (a) why the settlement was located in a particular place in the first place and (b) whether or not the settlement was likely to grow over time. You need to understand: the difference between the terms "site" and "situation" [...]

Photo from flickr.com by Androfire (Some rights reserved) From the IGCSE syllabus: Describe the conditions required for the development of coral reefs. Describe •  fringing and barrier reefs • atolls Describe the location of coral reefs, and the necessary conditions for their development: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125204/about/coraldist.swf http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/coral/where.htm http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/coral/habdiscr.html http://www.starfish.ch/reef/reef.html http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/04benthon/crform.htm Understand and make brief notes on how [...]

Photo from flickr.com by mikebaird [Some rights reserved] The IGCSE Syllabus requires us to understand this: Describe and explain the landforms associated with these processes. You should study the following coastal landforms: □ coastal sand dunes The action of wind in shaping coastal sand dunes should also be understood. Here are four good websites to [...]

  Uploaded on November 25, 2005 by mknobil Some rights reserved Create a case-study document about the crisis in Darfur using the following resources: 1) The Guardian – Photo/Audio summary of  the crisis. 2) Map-based interactive GIS to show the geographic situation. 3) An organisation called ARC show some possible solutions. 4) Geographyalltheway on the Sudan [...]

[Source: commons.wikimedia.org Author fargomeD License GNU Free Documentation License] A population pyramid (or age sex structure) often tells a story. Detective Discussion points: What are the unusual features of the above age-sex structure? Can you suggest possible reasons? So how might this story look if we plotted the birth rates and death rates on the [...]