Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level Geography

Edexcel Specification A.

Unit 6 Synoptic: People & their Environment (6466)
 
 


Module 6 Synoptic: People & their Environment (6466)

The synoptic paper includes elements of all the other four papers. Many of the internet sites listed previously under modules 1, 2, 4 and 5 contain information relevant to the synoptic paper. Listed below are three specific sections with additional sites.

Choose the section that you are interested in by clicking on the headings below:
Button Hazards Button Resource Exploitation & Management Button Living & Leisure

Hazards:

button Disaster Guide...a good starting place to find out what disasters have recently occurred around the world.

button Environment Agency...one of the few UK sites related to this topic.

button Natural Hazards Centre (USA)...University of Colorado site.

button CNN Earth Page...a variety of news stories, many 'animal-orientated' but also including pollution, fire and drought.

button Earthweek...news reports, updated weekly, on Earth events - includes hurricanes, drought, volcanoes, earthquakes plus pollution events.

button The Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)...the FEMA site has a wealth of disaster-related info including how to cope with various types of disaster.

button Volcano World...The mecca of volcano sites - from here, you can find out everything you need to know.

button Cascades Volcano Observatory...A large and very detailed site with good quality resources.

button FireNet(Australia)...The International Fire Information Network - everything you ever wanted to know about fires !!

button Wildfires article...The Southern Californian Wildfires of 1993

button The Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)...a FEMA report on mass movement.

button The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory...a report on mass movement features associated with volcanoes.

button The National Landslide Information Centre (USA)...a good USGS site with info, images, etc.

button Earthquake Engineering Research Centre...The place to go if you are interested in the technical side of things - also some useful general info.

button US Geological Survey...high quality material - always worth a visit.

button World-Wide Earthquake Locator...Univ.of Edinburgh - a schools adapted link - maps plus general information.

button The Floods of '96 ...a USA government report on flooding in the USA.

button The Netherlands Floods '95 ...a Dutch report on flooding.

button The Long Paddock ...an Australian site with graphics, data and info in abundance on drought-related issues.

button Drought in Bangladesh '95-'96 ...an American article on the impact of drought in Bangladesh.

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Resource Exploitation & Management:

button Soil Erosiona very readable article outlining the nature of soil erosion, problems caused by soil erosion and conservation techniques.

button Soil Erosionsoil erosion software available for download - deals with soil erosion and management techniques.

button Soil Erosiona US Dept of Agric.

button Soil Erosionhow serious is soil erosion?

button Soil Erosion an Australian view of different types of soil erosion

button Soil Erosionexcellent Canadian site dealing with both causes and management techniques

button Water Resource Schemeshydrology primer -an American site which provides a useful introduction to hydrology

button Water Resource Schemesa huge database of sites containing data from all over the world

button Water Resource Schemesan excellent article on dealing with the water shortage in Jordan

button Water Resource SchemesCalifornia - proposed groundwater management scheme

button Water Resource Schemesaquifer recharge scheme in Colorado

button Water Resource Schemesco-operation over global water supplies

button Water Resource SchemesChina - dam building on the Yellow River

button Water Resource SchemesWater News - "coverage includes water supply, water quality, policy and legislation, litigation and water rights, conservation, climate, international water news, and more."

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Living & Leisure:

You can scroll down the page or jump to a particular section that you are interested in using the headings below:

Button Agencies/Organisations Button EcoTourism Button Road/Rail/Sea/Air
Button Case study materials Button Countries

Agencies/Organisations

buttonA.B.T.A.Association of British Travel Agents

buttonNational Park Service [U.S.A.]

buttonNational Parks [U.K.]

buttonNational Parks [Worldwide]An amazing site from Poland - comprehensive coverage of National Parks in countries all around the world.

buttonThe Holiday Shop

buttonTravel Assist - TravelASSIST travel magazine

buttonThomas Cook

buttonThomson

buttonSkiingSkiing around the world

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EcoTourism

buttonThe Eco-SourceEcotourism & Sustainable Tourism

buttonEco-OrbitArticles on Sustainable Tourism

button"Green Tourism - S.Africa"An excellent article.



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Countries

buttonAustraliaOffice of National Tourism. Includes vast amounts of useful data.

buttonAustria

buttonEnglish Tourist Board

buttonEgypt - Tourist NetExcellent site - includes data/graphs - good for a case study

buttonHolland25,000 things to do & places to see or stay at!!

buttonItaly Online

buttonSpain - Discover Spain Tourist Office

buttonSouth Asia

buttonSwitzerland



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Road/Rail/Sea/Air

buttonAeroflot

buttonAir Canada

buttonAir France

button Air UK

buttonAmerican Airlines

buttonBritish Airways

buttonBritish Midland

buttonCanadian Airlines

buttonCathay Pacific Airlines

buttonDelta Airlines

buttonKorean Air

buttonQantas

buttonVirgin

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Case study materials

button"Too many Hotel Rooms, Not Enough Tourists - Burma"

button"Trends In Tourism Visitation - Duluth, Minnesota"

button"Luring In The Tourists - Mississippi Gulf Coast"

button"The Big Guys Come Rolling Home - S.Africa"

button"Green Tourism - S.Africa"An excellent article.

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