Unit 1 - Case studies and examples
Required case studies
Required case studies
- One case study of a contemporary megacity experiencing rapid growth
- geographyalltheway.com > Shanghai, China
- One case study of a country benefiting from a demographic dividend
- geographyalltheway.com > Kenya
Required detailed examples
Required detailed examples
- Two detailed and contrasting examples of uneven population distribution
- geographyalltheway.com > National Scale
- Detailed examples of two or more contrasting countries [Population change and demographic transition over time]
- geographyalltheway.com > Population change
- Detailed examples of two or more forced movements, to include environmental and political push factors, and consequences for people and places
- geographyalltheway.com > The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Climate Refugees - Alaska, USA
Suggested examples [as an absolute minimum]
Suggested examples [as an absolute minimum]
- Unit 1.1
- A physical factor affecting population distribution at the global scale
- A human factor affecting population distribution at the global scale
- Several examples of low-income countries and the global distribution
- Several examples of middle-income countries and emerging economies and the global distribution
- Several examples of high-income countries and the global distribution
- The USA - population distribution, levels of economic development , patterns of voluntary internal migration, core-periphery patterns and megacity growth
- China - population distribution, levels of economic development , patterns of voluntary internal migration, core-periphery patterns and megacity growth
- Unit 1.2
- This sub-unit is covered by the required case studies and detailed examples listed above.
- Unit 1.3